OEM striped wire

[John Larson]

Again, component or connection issues.  They fry, as I understand it, at the
connection to the switch (or within the switch itself), nowhere else.  I
have yet to see one, but that's the impression I get.  911s, BTW, have been
plagued by the same problem since day one.  The switch contacts go away.
Interesting that Rabbit/Golf/Jettas don't suffer from this.  John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kneale Brownson" <knotnook at traverse.com>
To: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>; <DGraber460 at aol.com>;
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: OEM striped wire


> 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.
>