Warning: If you're using the Dr. Buzinski Cig Lighter Mod....

[Jameel]

Put a new USB charger in my socket today, turned on the car, and it just about caught fire. I had the usb charger rotated incorrectly so the side terminals were buried in the spacer sleeve, shorting out. I currently have the fresh air blower out and am assessing the damage. Will report back soon....

[timmy2]

Damn Jameel, that sucks.
Lighter wire runs in harness to 6 pin female through body blower motor plug then through entire harness back to fuse 16. Likely the longest wire in the dash harness. Hopefully it didn’t melt a bunch of insulation on the other harness wires.

[Jameel]

Originally Posted by timmy2

Damn Jameel, that sucks.
Lighter wire runs in harness to 6 pin female through body blower motor plug then through entire harness back to fuse 16. Likely the longest wire in the dash harness. Hopefully it didn’t melt a bunch of insulation on the other harness wires.

I just pulled the car into the garage to further assess. I may need to call you!

[HarryD]

For the uninitiated, what is this mod?

[pmax]

Ouch !

Tell us you took that pic after shutting things down.

[Jameel]

Originally Posted by pmax

Ouch !

Tell us you took that pic after shutting things down.

Yes of course....but still panicking!!!

[Jameel]

Originally Posted by HarryD

For the uninitiated, what is this mod?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/612310-dr-bulczynski-3-2-cigarette-lighter-mod-5-99-a.html

[Jameel]

Originally Posted by pmax

Ouch !

Tell us you took that pic after shutting things down.

For entertainment value:

https://youtu.be/rs_E6gZG1-s

[HarryD]

Originally Posted by Jameel

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/612310-dr-bulczynski-3-2-cigarette-lighter-mod-5-99-a.html

Thanks!

[MotorWorks]

Damn and I was about to do that mod. Might have to rely on my USB battery power brick stuck between my seats a little longer.

[MBAtarga]

Jameel - can you post your issue on that other thread below? Better to bring this to light on that thread as well...

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[Ctopher]

I don’t understand the reason for this mod when a simple short USB charger like this works perfectly. I’ve had this in my car for 3yrs and had it once come out. The other times I had to use a USB cable to pull it out. No issue with the cig port, unless the 87+ cars got a different cigarette lighter.

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[darrin]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Jameel - can you post your issue on that other thread below? Better to bring this to light on that thread as well...

Dr. Bulczynski 3.2 Cigarette Lighter MOD $5.99

Jameel -- did you shorten the sleeve per the instructions contained in post #6 of the above thread before installing?

[Jameel]

Originally Posted by darrin

Jameel -- did you shorten the sleeve per the instructions contained in post #6 of the above thread before installing?

Not enough evidently! I'm not sure what changed this time around because I was running this exact setup for the last 3 years without issue. Just got unlucky I guess.

[Jameel]

Here's a video I did explaining how I think my short happened. Feel free to post corrections or ideas. This is just a theory....

[RSBob]

Sorry to hear about you letting the smoke out Jameel. You will spend many hours redoing wiring, but you will get it.

A previous owner of my late 72 T wired an alarm to the clock power. Half a wiring harness later Ralf Meany had everything working again. His office was loaded with 914 trophies and racing memorabilia


Hopefully yours will not be as dramatic.

[Jameel]

Thanks much Bob. I've worked on 90% of this car at this point, so I'm not afraid of tackling anything, but the hassle of tearing out the harness has me a bit ticked off, especially this time of year. Just itching to drive after four months of it being parked. Grr!! Someone should start a thread on what circuits are un-fused so we can all make our cars safe. Funny to mention the clock and a 72T! I know a local guy who had melted clock wires in his 72T!

[RSBob]

While you are at it, fuse your instrument lights, since they aren’t. All you have to do is change a bulb, and not turn off the light switch and bump the bulb socket against the metal dash opening and fzzzzzzzzzz. Ask me how I know. This was on a 73, but even through 89 are not fused.

Glad you are handy and now you’ll get intimate with wiring.

[Jameel]

Originally Posted by RSBob

While you are at it, fuse your instrument lights, since they aren’t. All you have to do is change a bulb, and not turn off the light switch and bump the bulb socket against the metal dash opening and fzzzzzzzzzz. Ask me how I know. This was on a 73, but even through 89 are not fused.

Glad you are handy and now you’ll get intimate with wiring.

We need a good tutorial thread on exactly what and where to add fuses that Porsche evidently forgot about.

[RSBob]

Here’s the thread on dash light fusing. Dash lighting fuse installation