OEM striped wire

[Kneale Brownson]

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At 10:51 AM 10/24/2002 -0700, John Larson wrote:

>I've owned 3 100LS, a 75 Fox, an 80 4K, an 81 4K, a type 43, an 86 4KQ, an
>87 4KQ, an 87.5 CGT, and have an 86 fwd 5KST, an 84 and an 85 (both sticks)
>T44, a 90 90 20vQ, and a 96 A6QA.  That's just the Audis.  I can honestly
>say, considering my nearly 30 years (next January!) wrenching on Audis and
>other VAG products, that the only true wiring problems I've ever seen were
>the ones caused by flexing in door and trunk lid hinge areas.  Volvos have
>this problem even worse, BTW.  All others were caused by component failure
>and ham fisted/clueless owners and wrenches.  Failed components don't care
>about wire size, nor do bad connections.  They just get hotter.  John

What about melted headlight switch harnesses?  Clearly, Audi should not
have routed the power to the lights through the switches.  They had melting
harness connectors on 4K and V8 models in my experience.
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