Intro - Help Request - and a Thank You!

[fitchesbass]

Hey there!

I'm new to this forum, but I'm certainly not new to pelican parts website. I've searched through this forum and website many times to assist tackling various projects.

First an intro is in order I suppose, since I am new to the forum. There are currently two porsches in my life, a 1984 Carrera Coupe (guards red) and a 1971 914 project.

The 911 was bought as almost a parts car for the 914, because my father and I were looking to install the air-cooled 3.2L flat-6 from the 80s into the 914 and also use the front end from the 911 in the 914, since it bolts right up. Well, long story short... we ended up taking the beat up 911 that we thought was for parts and putting time, money and lots of work into it. And now we have it as another car.

The 911 has quite a history but we are uncertain about most of it (so goes it with the price we paid initially). It certainly was in an accident at one point in time. There guards red paint doesn't exactly match in all places... but to us that doesn't matter to us. It drives great and the engine with 110k miles on is quite strong. We purchased and repair a set of 993 wheels for the car after we discovered the Fuchs that came on the car were replicas and weren't worth repairing. Also has an aftermarket exhaust system on it... not sure on the brand. I've run a couple autox's with it so far... but no DE's or track days yet.



The 914 has been an ongoing father/son project for a 1.5 plus now. We ran the Summit Point 24 hours of Lemons in a Fiat X19 this past June, so unfortunately, not much progress on the project has been made recently. We have put tons of hours into the 914 so far though (despite it's appearance on the outside). It currently sits with the 911 engine install... next step is installing the oil lines to the front trunk.





OK OK.... first on to the thanks.

Thanks to member ' crustychief'. His thread on the door panel removal and window was a blessing tonight while I worked in my apartment complex garage in DC. I have limited space where I live and normally perform all work at my father's garage up in PA, but sadly I had a major window issue where the window was stuck at the bottom of the door panel. Good for robbers, bad for me. Anyway, this DIY was a big help and I get the door panel off in no time.

Window guide (felt) and slot seal replacement coupe



Finally on to the help portion of my first post:

I was cocky and in a rush and thought I had the wiring pinout remembered in my head from when I took the wires off for the passenger side electrical switch, but... I didn't. Ended up blowing a fuse. Replaced the fuse... but I still don't know what color wires go to what pins on the back of the window switch. Any help would be great here. See pictures of wires below for what I am referencing.

Pictures from tonight and my apartment garage DIY session - LOL











Thanks and I look forward to posting more over here (I'm normally on BMW forums...since my other daily driver an 07 M coupe).

Cheers!

[Evans, Marv]

Welcome and congrats on 2 nice projects and some driving activity. You're lucky they let you DIY in your parking area. I don't have any immediate answers on your electrical question, but have you tried looking at the wiring diagrams? They've gotten me out of hot water at times. Don't be a stranger.

[Glen Pettigrew]

here you go...


Glen Pettigrew

[fitchesbass]

Thanks Marv.

I'm extremely fortunate - my family is a bunch of car fanatics and even more so porsche fanatics... so I've gotten exposure to a lot of classic cars for young guy.

This is one example of a family gathering -





Anyway,
Where can I find the wiring diagrams? I'll go check the tech section of the website see if I can find them there....

I'm not really suppose to DIY in my parking garage, but I figured late at night as long as I'm not bothering anyone, they'll ave me alone! Not doing oil changes down there though LOL.

[fitchesbass]

Ah man - thanks Glen - that's EXACTLY what I needed!