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924ttrouble · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Lacey, Washington

Is it possible just to remove a section of the wiring harness? Mainly the section that control the head lights and the instrument lights. I traced my problem to that and on the underside of the harness was completed cook. I didn't even notice it until I started messing around with the wiring. Any help out there???

Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

of course. The different sections are usually taped together, especially under the dash. Just take your time and only remove as much tape as you have to to split the section from other sections it may be taped to.
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924ttrouble · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Lacey, Washington

Thanks for the info, are all the section independant of each other?

gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

If you are asking if one or more sections of the wiring harness can be removed, and replaced without affecting other sections, yes, as long as you don't knock anything else loose while you are down there.

What year is your are, many of the people on this board probably have extra wiring harness parts in storage that would fit your needs and cost less than you could buy them from Porsche or from a salvage yard.

Personally, I have most of the harness from a 80 931 that was stripped to make a race car.

924ttrouble · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Lacey, Washington

I have a 1982 The only section that was affected I think is the headlight. I have a new headlight switch, well used headlight switch from the junk yard. I'm in the process of pealing back the wire cover to see what else is affected and so far all I see is 4 wire that have melted together.

Question? Does the fire wall plug come out as one peice or do I have to cut it to remove that section of the harness? If I cut it, is it easy to replace with something?

924ttrouble · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Lacey, Washington

GOHIM, Do you have that section of the harness that I need and if so are you willing to sell it? You can e-mail at dgander5@aol.com

gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

The headlight swit5ches are not all the same, and neither are the wiring harnesses from different year cars.

Do you have a 82 924 NA?. I can check to see if what I have is compatible. I won't cut open a wiring harness section, you would have to take to whole part as it unplugs.

Zuffen · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 1:03 am Post subject: caution

If I remember right,

If someone added a headlight relay, the 81 and 82 931 don't require one. When you have the relay there it will smoke/melt the switch and the wiring.

Be careful and get the correct wire and relay map for that year, don't trust Haynes or Chiltons, or Porsche on the general info sections.
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924ttrouble · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Lacey, Washington

To late! I already cut open that part of the wiring harness to see how many wires were burnt. I didn't remove it from the relay board as of yet. The thing is hard to get to. I don't know what a NA is? I just know this is an 82 turbo.

gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

NA is normally aspired (NOT TURBO).

I will check and see if I have have you need.

Joes924Racer · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2003 3:54 pm Post subject:

I thought NA was for north american as in not a euro spec high cp motored 924...Zuffen is that you there in the avitar..right on.

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Zuffen · Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2003 1:55 am Post subject:

hey joe, check this thread out

http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=6197
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I have Way too many cars, parts for the 931,944 and 951

gohim · Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 4459 Location: Rialto, CA

I went out to the garage and sorted out the wiring harness from the Turbo that I had sitting in a box.

Sorry, the headlight switch is there, but the connectors and associated wiring have been chopped off where they merge into the main portion of the harness. The plug that connects to the fuse block is still there.

924ttrouble · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Lacey, Washington

Thanks anyway, I'm going to see if I can peice it out tonight and if not I know where their is a 944 1984 in the junk yard, I'll see if i can get that peice of the wiring harness.Hopefully it the same thing. Wish me luck.

924ttrouble · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 59 Location: Lacey, Washington

Update to wiring harness, all wires are sliced in Except one red/yellow that I'm still trying to chase out from under the dash. Still have about 7 wires to resolder in to the light switch but not until I trace out the 1 wire.