re; more ignition switch failure

[Grant]

Assume you mean the harness connector.  That's exactly what I thought. 
I figured that the act of replacing the switch fixed it. But I cant 
find a bad connector nor an obviously broken wire.  I even tried 
removing and re-installing, and wiggling the harness while trying to 
start it (the instrument cluster is out for a while....). No go.

Thanks, keep the ideas flying!

Grant
On Nov 29, 2005, at 8:01 PM, Fred Munro wrote:

> Grant;
>
> Have to taken a really good look at the connector that plugs into the
> ignition switch? You may have a flaky connection or broken wire. Just a
> thought. It seems odd that you would get so many bad switches.
>
> Fred Munro
> '94 S4
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Grant
> Sent: November 28, 2005 11:12 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: re; more ignition switch failure
>
>
> Yea, everyone on the planet has had this problem.  Its the electrical
> portion, the one that's about $39 for the German OEM part and $20 for
> the, drum roll please, even crap7754ier chinese part. Hard to believe
> they can &%$# it up even worse than OEM, but they can!
>
> Its not the lock cylinder.  Of course, if you've been reading my woes
> lately you now this, but lately, I rue the day I replaced the one that
> simply didn't return to "run".  That one worked for 8 years and took a
> slight twist of the wrist to fix the occasional problem.
>
> Since then I've had 4 (as of this weekend) fail differently. Now the
> car doesnt start. Cranks with no fuel, no spark and no injector power.
> Results in poor running, as you might imagine.  aka dead as a doornail.
>
> So replace it and I wish you well.  But keep the original, in case some
> day you WISH you had it back, as I do.
>
> Grant
>
> On Nov 28, 2005, at 9:44 PM, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:
>> From: David Torrey <davidtorrey2004 at yahoo.com>
>> Date: November 28, 2005 4:15:35 PM EST
>> To: quattro at audifans.com
>> Subject: More Ignition Switch Failure
>>
>>
>> On my 1993 100CSQ Avant the ignition switch is no longer returning to
>> the run position after starting the engine.  There are three
>> components to this switch.  I just ordered the electrical portion
>> thinking that this was the problem as I do not have power to
>> accessories unless I re-posistion the switch.  I am thinking now that
>> I may also need the lock cylinder so that the key returns to run after
>> starting.  Has anyone had experience with the key not returning to
>> run?  If so, what portion of the switch controls this.
>>
>>   Best regards
>>   David
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------
>>  Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.
>>
> _______________________________________________
> quattro mailing list
> quattro at audifans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/quattro
>