Audi 90 and 5000 Steering Column Swithches

[Tom Nas]

"Norapatt Ketprakong" <don_nk at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>I have a question to ask: Would the combination of column switches (cruise,=
>  turn, headlight, wipers, emergency lights) work on a 1988 Audi 90 without =
>major rewiring? Thanks
>So far my 90 has a non-working emergency lights, they used to work intermit=
>antly, recently they just stopped. The turn lights work normally though. I =
>found a  Combination switch from audi 5000s  1984-1988. and am wondering if=
>  it would work on a 1988 Audi 90 (the one just before the facelift).

There are two types of switches on the 80/90: 'early' cars up until 1989
model year (here in Europe) had the square style column switches. For 1989,
Audi introduced the more rounded type with the momentary wipe position when
you push down on the wiper lever.
Both aren't easily interchangable: you need to change the connectors (wires
don't match up also) and the steering column shroud is also different
between models. Also, there's a different connector for the horn ring.
So going from 'square' to 'rounded' isn't that easy. Can be done though,
someone had done it on my old '87 80. I have spares for both switch types
lying around, can provide a digipic to compare connector shapes.

HTH, Tom