I'm looking for a part number or source for the 3 wire splice terminal block found in the headlight bucket, I know they also came on early VWs. There are smaller two wire ones that came with Blauplunkt radio kits.
The cars shipped to the US didn't have sealed beam headlights installed, just wires coiled up. A three "pole" screw terminal block was used to to connect the wires to a US style plug and the Sealed Beam light Bucket. One of mine melted and I replaced it with a standard clam-style terminal strip. I would like to find two originals if possible. Can not find a part number for Porsche or VW.
Wire Terminal Splice
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
Radio shack sells a modern version of that. They come in a strip of say 10 or 15 and you cut off as many as you want (single, double, triple, etc.).
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
I thought the European bulbs used the same plugs as sealed beams. I have never seen a terminal block there, but I mostly know the later cars.
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
I thought that both US and Euro were the same too, the US plugs were the standard 3 prong, but heard some Eruo delivered cars had a different plug. My 59 was factory delivery with US spec lights and bumpers. The 54 VW was also factory delivered, and it had the same splice blocks.
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
This has been discussed before.
Early Euro lights had screw connectors on the lamp sockets, so no connector was used.
The Hella sealed beam connectors had spring-loaded terminals that connected directly to the factory harness.
Often, the dealer used U.S.-made connectors (e.g., Cole-Hersee sockets w/cloth-covered pigtails) and connected them to the factory harness w/butt splices, wire nuts, terminal blocks, or whatever else was available.
Early Euro lights had screw connectors on the lamp sockets, so no connector was used.
The Hella sealed beam connectors had spring-loaded terminals that connected directly to the factory harness.
Often, the dealer used U.S.-made connectors (e.g., Cole-Hersee sockets w/cloth-covered pigtails) and connected them to the factory harness w/butt splices, wire nuts, terminal blocks, or whatever else was available.
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
Any idea what years would have had screw terminals originally that the US dealer had to deal with?
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
I found some wiring splice blocks/terminals in eBay but I'm sure an electronics store will have them although not brown but rather white. I had found some previously on the Samba but I didn't see any listed this morning.
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
The B/C parts book lists the plug as P/N 644.631.107.03 and is fitted to all versions.Martin Benade wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:29 am Any idea what years would have had screw terminals originally that the US dealer had to deal with?
Using VWs for comparison, I would guess no later than 1955 for the screw terminals on non-sealed beam bulb sockets.
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Re: Wire Terminal Splice
YnZ includes them with the harness kits so maybe they will sell them separately.
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