Electrics

Repairing Climate Control Unit - Carlo Di Giusto's Climate Control Unit failed when a servo motor stuck and burnt out a control chip. Rather than by an expensive replacement he sent it off to an Italian Automotive Electronic repair shop.  For 200 Euro they replace a chip and returned a working unit. Here is Carlo's report.
 

Bypassing your Heater Motor - Up until the mid-70's, 911's took their primary heater air source directly from the air used to cool the cylinders, and Turbo's continued this practice into the 90's. From the mid-70's on, non-Turbo 911's have used an auxiliary motor in the upper left corner of the engine compartment to provide heater air. This provides a more consistent source of air, especially when stopped in traffic, as it's volume is not engine-speed dependant. 964's continued with an auxiliary motor for it's heater air source, however, Porsche eliminated the auxiliary motor from it's racers, substituting a bypass pipe. By retrofitting the bypass pipe, you remove the weight of the fan motor, maybe 5 lbs worth, and you open up the left side of the engine compartment. Bill Gregory shows you how.


Centre Console Lights - White LEDs for Centre Console Switch Illumination, Jem Hayward shows you how to replace your centre console light bulbs with LEDs to give lifetime illumination to you console switches.

Warning Buzzer - Jem Hayward details his Lights On Warning Buzzer modifications. Save your battery and those early morning surprises.

Clock Repair - David Ream's Procedure for Fixing the Airbag Warning Light and Seatbelt Warning Light Gremlin.

 


Roly Baldwin shows you how to access, repair and adjust your 964's heat and vento servos and solve those annoying heating and a/c problems.