Type $$ is testing me...

[Larry C Leung]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:12:06 -0600 "John Cassidy/Sallyann Mulcahy"
<jcasidy at qwest.net> writes:
>The car :  '91 200q

>New problem #2:  I think there is a ground problem.  When the lights 
>are on,
>the turn signal and  bright light indicators glow dimly, and the auto 
>check
>gets confused (sometimes ok, sometimes weird lines).  When the brights 
>are
>on, the bright indicator goes out.  Any of you bright folks know where 
>I
>start?

Open the IC (there is a procedure in the archives. BTW, IMHO, use
something much more substatial than Masking Tape on top of the wood as
protection. The IC scratched right through the tape when I did this. 

Anyway, get your hands on contact cleaner/ deoxidizer such as Stabilant
22 or Deoxit Red or Gold and go after every connector on the IC. Note to
self, there are alot of them, and there are little trap doors that allow
access to circuit board that is behind covers and plastic and such. The
cover is hinged, but requires removal of two screws to release it. 



>
>New problem #3:  My formerly all supportive wife, (who has mostly 
>loved her
>CQ until it recently decided it too needed copious amounts of 
>expensive
>attention), asked me why we don't give up on this annoying Audi thing 
>and
>buy just Hondas like everybody else?  The scary thing is, I considered 
>it,
>if even for only a 
>nanosecond...turboquattroturboquattroturboquattro...
>
Can't help there. The ladyfriend has made the very same suggestion,
although in her case she didn't say what, just "new". 

LL - NY