[s-cars] [Fwd: Re: Back-up light (reverse) switch]

[William Noland]

One more thing -- as I remember, the switch is on the (passenger) side
of the tranny -- not the top. It's visible from above and your basic
upright, bipedal, primate can reach right down, unplug it, give it a
shot of cleaner and be backing up in style.

Bill Noland
hindsight is 20-20

Ken -
Not sure of your situation, but is it simply a matter of your backup
lights/passenger mirror auto-dip not working? If so, try cleaning the
connector and plugging it back in. Has happened twice to me over the
years and a simple shot of electrical cleaner on the connector got
everything back in working order. Matter of fact, cleaning various
connectors has fixed a few problems for me. Not sure why the S-Car is so
sensitive to dirty connectors (which appear fine to the naked eye, but
it seems to be the case. If your connector was: stolen, beaten into
submission by a hammer, or otherwise -- never mind.

Bill Noland

>Does anyone have an old transmission from a 92-97
>A6/S4/S6 sitting around. I am looking for a back-up
>light switch, it sits on top of the transmission
>casing. Dealer wants CAD$145 and unfortunately, I
>don't have a money tree growing in my yard (in fact i
>dont even have a yard).
>