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All 1970-1971
Porsche® 914/4 models came equipped with
the combination pliers
pictured to the right, either painted or unpainted. This is confirmed by the
original owners' manuals for 1970 & 1971 models (a photo of the tool
kit section in the 1971 manual is shown in the upper most picture; the
1970 manual tool kit section is the same).
According to the 1972 and 1973 Porsche 914
and owners' manuals, inclusion of pliers in the factory tool kit was
discontinued after the 1971 model year(a photo of the tool kit section
in the 1973 manual is shown in the fourth picture from the top; the 1972
manual tool kit section is the same). Many 1972 Porsche 914 tool kits
did, however, come with pliers. Whether the inclusion of pliers in some of the
1972 Porsche 914 kits was merely to use up excess inventory or due to error by Wolfsburg employees used to
assembling kits for Volkswagen®
models which did include pliers is open for discussion.
No Porsche 914 tool kits after 1972 contained pliers. The
current official parts catalog does not include pliers in the list of
tool kit components for any Porsche 914 model year.
Porsche 914 pliers are 160mm long and have no
markings. Some Porsche 914 tool kit pliers
are
painted black up to the jaws (as pictured in the manual), but many were not
painted. All 914/4 pliers have a joint section in which
the bottom is shaped like the lower half of an octagon instead of being
rounded or angled as are pliers included in VW and Porsche vehicles during
other time periods. Identical pliers are
included in many 1969-1972 VW® model tool
kits.
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