K-Roll's 944 Lyfe: The "Cold War Button" and Fuses

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
11/05/2014 at 11:08 • Filed to: 944 Lyfe

I've run out of regular things to post to Oppo, so now, I'm gonna do something that should be interesting, fun, boring, entertaining, and 100% absolute K-Rollish. Ima Blog 'bout the 944 now! Today, I'm gonna talk to you about two cool things in my '84: The "Cold War button", and my fuse box.

So, what is this "Cold War button" that I'm speaking of? I am of course, referring to my hazard button/switch! This is it!

It sits right next to my rear window heater and aftermarket cruise control thing. It's a big red button, which is awesome!

Now, why do I call it the "CW button"? Because, I was taing my friend for a spin last week, and he noticed the button while we were sitting at a light, and proceeded to flip the switch.

I looked at him, about to ask why he decided to flip the switch when he said, "Nuclear payload is primed and ready to launched sir". And I just LOL'ed

Now, my fuse box. Last week I shorted out the fuse that goes to my interior lights by putting in my Porsche-genuine cigarette-lighter flashlight into the cigarette lighter port while the radio and electronics were on.

Fortunately, the previous owner left a pack of the required 8V fuses I needed in the glove box. So I opened my hood and began my search for the fuse box.

It wasn't there. My phone had died and I had no way of looking it up on the interwebs, so I searched the whole car for about 10 minutes, to no avail. Finally, I decided to look in the footwells, and right underneath the driver's footwell, underneath the dash:

There it was... -_-

A later interweb search taught me that the early 944s, from 1983 to 1985, have their fuse boxes under the dashboard in the driver's footwell; the later 944s, from 1985.5 to 1991 have their boxes moved to where I had assumed mine would be in the engine bay.

I had to do some kinda contortion maneuver to get down there and swap fuses. Now my lights and radio work, so I mended something! :)

That's all for this first "944 Lyfe" blog. I'll try to do this regularly; documenting basic 944 ownership, fun and boring things, any potential hardships, struggles and life lessons, and just about anything and everything '944'.

Hope you all enjoyed. :)

DISCUSSION (14)

twochevrons > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 11:24

Heh, that's exactly the same hazard switch as in my father-in-law's Vanagon. I'm pretty sure that they used them in '80s Golfs, and definitely the Mk1 Scirocco, too. Yay parts-bin raiding!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > twochevrons
11/05/2014 at 11:26

Frankly, I'm glad they did here, I love that red flashy button! Sometimes I just turn it on in parking lots for lols when no one's around.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 11:47

The one in the Capri is pretty cool too, it sticks straight up from the top of the steering column and blinks red in time with the hazards.

Kinja'd!!!

Brian Silvestro > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 12:12

Please take a picture of your car in the place that says "made in West Germany," then show it to me.

I think stuff like that is so cool.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Brian Silvestro
11/05/2014 at 12:14

Where is this place?

Saracen > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 12:14

Every German car I owned or that we've had in the family had the fuses located internally.

In the Golf R they are accessible through a panel with the driver's side door open.

Brian Silvestro > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 12:18

Somewhere in the car there should be a badge or sticker or something that says where it was made. Take a picture of it.

Jonathan Harper > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 12:18

If it's there it would be on the inside of the drivers door, where the VIN is.

Jonathan Harper > Brian Silvestro
11/05/2014 at 12:18

I have a pic of that placard on the CCC '69 911...somewhere.

MountainCommand > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 12:29

i love the lead photo of your car. Its like a big middle finger to society and their boring cars. Life's too short to drive boring things. And you follow that principle to a t.

Brian Silvestro > Jonathan Harper
11/05/2014 at 12:30

I'm sure I'll eventually see it then

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Brian Silvestro
11/05/2014 at 13:16

Alrighty! I'll see if I can find it then, but I'll just take a pic of all the stickers for you. :)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jonathan Harper
11/05/2014 at 13:17

My VIN is on the front windshield.

Jonathan Harper > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
11/05/2014 at 21:59

In that case I am incorrect. Aaron Brown may have more insight for you here.