PLEASE HELP! (speedometer related)

[Peter Schulz]

Mike:

I _think_  I found it.
I recall a connector with two leads going to near the location of the
common ground "break" on our instrument clusters - and guess what- they
supply power and ground to the speedometer.....

go to :http://www.lanikamal.com/audi/dashboard.html
to get a better idea of what I'm talking about

HTH

-Peter





At 05:21 PM 5/21/2002 -0700, Mike wrote:
>I replaced the ignigtion switch in my 1990 200 tq and to do so I had to take
>out the gauge cluster and the peice below the steering column where some
>relays
>and fuses are.
>
>After I put everything back as I thought it was, the speedometer, odometer,
>tripometer, average mpg and average mph are not working.
>
>There is a red and purple plug with two wires, one white and green, the other
>white and brown, that is hanging down below the steering column. it has a tag
>on it that has printed on it:
>443 971 581 F
>LDR
>AU 1 j002 1 13
>49/89
>39918
>002
>Does anyone know what this plug is? Is it some sort of diagnostic thing or
>does
>it actually go somewhere? I can't remember if it was there before I started
>taking stuff apart or not.
>
>I took off the gauge cluster today and unplugged/replugged the plugs to it,
>but it still didnt work. Which is the plug specific to the speedometer?
>
>Are there any relays that control any of the above mentioned things that are
>wrong?
>
>Sorry for the length, but I need to get this stuff working. Thanks in advance.

Peter Schulz
1990 CQ
1991 200 20v TQW indigo mica
1991 200 20v TQW titanium grey
Chelmsford, MA USA
peschulz at cisco.com