Roughly $500 saved! Yahoooo! Re: Help?

[Robert Myers]

Hi Y'all,

I managed to figure the problem out and it works beautifully.  The faulty
channel of the PSO is now sidestepped by rewiring the connectors to use the
"spare" channel as a substitute for the faulty one and the S6 is once again
running properly.  Retail price on a new PSO is something on the order of
$380.  My fiendly local Audi dealer would have been happy to charge me at
least another $100 or more in labor charges for a 15 minute job (replacing
the PSO).  The technique for removing the connector terminal from the block
requires a special tool which I borrowed from a professional mechanic
friend.  (Available from Snap-On, AAMOF.)

I'd call this a profitable day.

Thanks to a suggestion from Jeff Hemmerlin as passed on by Gary
Martin.  Thanks guys.


At 09:52 AM 6/25/02, I wrote:

>Hi Y'all,
>
>I'm having a problem with my '95 urS6.  Cylinder #2 is not firing.  I am
>reasonably sure that I've traced the problem to a faulty channel on the PSO
>(power stage output).  I am trying to use the spare channel of the PSO for
>cylinder #2.  All that I need to do is to move two wire plugs from one
>connector to another.  I know which wires I want to move and that I will
>need to lengthen one wire enough to be able to do the move.  No problem.  A
>simple butt splice will take care of that.
>
>My problem is this: how do I get the plug out of the connector?  I have
>peeled back the black rubber boot and have exposed the "wire side" of the
>connector.  I have removed the innards of the connector from the external
>portion.  Now I'm trying to pull the wire and its individual plug (socket)
>from the gang of three (or four depending on which connector).  It looks
>obvious.  There is what looks like a little spring "snap" preventing the
>plug from pulling out of the gang assembly.  Simply depress the "snap" and
>the wire/terminal should just pull out.  Yeah.  Right.  It doesn't budge.
>
>Proper technique?  Suggestions?  Duh?
>
>TIA,
>Bob
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Bob
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  Robert L. Myers   304-574-2372
  Rt. 4, Box 57,  Fayetteville, WV 25840 USA   WV tag Q SHIP
  '95 urS6  Cashmere Grey - der Wunderwagen    ICQ 22170244
  http://www.cob-net.org/church/pvcob.htm
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