87 5000CS Avant battery cable splice

[Stephen Sherman]

Interesting, I guess I leaped to a wrong conclusion on the floor thing...

Regardless, I did cut the heat shrink off the splice, and it looks 
perfect. No signs of corrosion, all the metal is bright and clean, looks 
new. No mechanical play in the wires to coupler either.

I am just curious, did others split that big crimp connector and find 
corrosion even when things looked great on its outside? Hate to pull 
that apart for no reason.


On 12/10/2011 2:38 PM, Cody Forbes wrote:
> No, that’s where they always are. I guess we weren't clear that it 
> isnt on the floor, I can see that "under the carpet" suggests on the 
> floor. Your's is exactly where mine is.
>
> -Cody
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Sherman
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 4:33 PM
> To: Cody Forbes
> Cc: Tony Hoffman ; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 87 5000CS Avant battery cable splice
>
> Thanks Tony and Cody.
>
> Found the splice in mine, in yet a different location. The main wire
> goes all along the floor, up the firewall, and then swings to the
> drivers side, running just at the level of the foot well heat ducts.
> Dead center of the passenger foot well there is the splice.
>
> Wonder if they changed their manufacturing and started putting that
> splice up higher so it would not corrode?  Makes sense that they would
> need to splice this (be near impossible to run it all this way with the
> end connectors on it in an assembly line). Maybe they started having
> second thoughts about leaving an electrical splice in a wet location
> under the carpet?
>
> Anyhow, mine is up high not on the floor, and looks good and dry from
> what I have seen on the outside.  Will cut it open and check there now.
>
>