[John Rogers]

I had the same thing occur after getting our 1974 914 painted and found that the 4th or 5th fuse from the right side of the fuse panel (forget which one) was missing, seems like the fellow doing the dash recovering hit it and knocked it out. After about as much panic as you have now, I found the fuse missing, put one in and all has been fine since. Bought one of those rare fuse covers too from PP so it wouldn't happen again! You might want to check the connections, etc, in that area too and make sure the fuse holder has good clean cotacts.