looking for s4 wiring diagrams

[Mark R]

Being USA based.... I have little working knowledge.  What countries
(Germany?  France?) have manual adjusters?  Or are they a thing of the
past?  In the USA, cars either are fixed or have automatic levelers.

Mark


On 8/5/07, Richard van der Hoff <quattro at rvanderhoff.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Mark R wrote:
> > European cars have manual (electric) adjusters.  I don't have diagrams
> or
> > part numbers, though.
>
> This one (UK-spec 1999 B5 S4) doesn't...
>
> Without actually going out in the cold and checking, I'd say that by far
> the most likely thing for the control signal to be doing is a simple
> voltage range, where (say) 0V would be maximum downward adjustment and
> 12V would be maximum upward. Of course, these may be reversed, and it
> may be that the whole range isn't used. So you could easily replicate
> this with a variable resistor.
>
> One word of warning though - I'm pretty sure that, in the UK at least,
> halogen headlights *must* adjust themselves automatically - you might
> want to check the deal in your jurisdiction.
>
> Cheers
>
> Richard
>
> > Good luck!  Sounds like a DIY guide in the works!
> >
> > Mark Rosenkrantz
> >
> >
> > On 8/3/07, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>well mark r has come thru for me in minutes. thanks mark!!
> >>
> >>thanks to anyone else that was GOING to help but isn't as quick on the
> >>'ol pdf-er-izer.
> >>
> >>so it looks like the headlight leveling system consists of F+R level
> >>sensors, a controller doohickey, and the adjusters servo's, which  use
> >>a power, ground and some kid of reference. i guess i need to find a
> >>car to play with to see what that reference signal looks like? then
> >>figure out how to replicate it?
> >>
> >>if there are any bored EE's out there who might have some input on how
> >>to replicate what would be coming out of the control doohickey i'd
> >>love some input. i'm crap with electrics and wouldn't even know if
> >>what i'm thinking is feasible / possible. what i'd like to do is add
> >>some kind of switch / controller to manually adjust the adjusters
> >>[well, electrically/manually, not like, actually manually].
> >>
> >>thanks all.
> >>jim
> >>
> >>ps ECS sells the adjusters for 35$ each 'for vw's only' but the part #
> >>matches the b5 audi s4 part #. dealer gets $75.
> >>
> >
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