[s-cars] Back-up Lights/Rear Fog Light Wiring Harness

[Tom Green]

> Take the point on this Mark.  It sounds as if you will be great as the
> lead man for this issue in the great tradition of the s-car list and
> URS4.com, and those pioneer s-car enthusiasts that provided the tech
> sections we now have.   Every problem needs someone to carry the
> message to Garcia, so go with it and let us know how it turns out (
> with suitable color photography to annotate the write-up )  Look
> forward to hearing about this later, next year will be fine. :-).

Tom '95 S6   And just back in the driveway in the daylight so you can
drive out at night.

> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:05:42 -0400
> From: Mark Pollan <mark.pollan at mci.com>
> To: "S-Cars (E-mail)" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Back-up Lights/Rear Fog Light Wirning Harness Issues
> - Repost - Any
>  Takers? Bueller?
>
> If I don't get any responses I'm going to resurrect the cup-holder
> thread.
> I sware!!  Or maybe the Spider Bite Thread.  Yeah that's it!!
>
> Well, it appears that at least MY S6 suffers from the same malady as
> my old
> type 44 WRT the wiring leading into the trunk.  Seems like the repeated
> flexing has stressed the wire in the harness to the point that my
> back-up
> lights and rear fog work only intermittently and only after fiddling
> with
> the harness.  I would like to replace the entire harness as I fear
> that a
> splice in that location coupled with the unsightliness of said splice
> is
> sub-optimal.  Actually the design is sub-optimal but...
>
> I have yet to start dismantling things to have a looksee at the
> harness and
> where the connectors reside.  Has anybody had this issue and replaced
> the
> entire harness?  If so, I'd love to hear about your BTDTs.  Backing
> down my
> curved driveway with dark tint and no back-up lights makes me feel
> like I
> just started driving yesterday.  Quite embarrassing!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Pollan