[s-cars] Updated POS connector pin swap procedure

David Forgie forgied at shaw.ca
Sun Mar 1 07:47:27 PST 2009


I was helping someone with coil issue yesterday and he had to try my old OE coil pack (still 
intact from my 1.8t coil pack conversion in 2005).  Since he previously had lost a POS 
channel on the 4/5 side and had swapped ECU to POS pins,  he had to swap pins on my
coil pack harness.  He showed me a technique that I had not seen before so I thought I
would share it (some will know this already, others might not):

The purple pin holder slides out of the back of the POS connector, providing better access for pin
 removal. (Duh - I did not know this). As a result, I have added this paragraph to the Detailed POS
 post in the AudiWorld UrS FAQ:

"When swapping the pins, pull the rubber boot back, away from the connector housing. Then push 
the purple pin holder out of the back of the black (or brown) connector housing. The purple pin 
holder has a little flap on one side. Lift it up. That will free up one retaining tangs of the female pin. 
Use a bent paper clip to push the tang on the other side of the pin in and then extract the pin out the
 back of the purple pin holder. Place the pin in the un-used position and close the purple pin-retaining
 flap. Load the purple pin holder back into the black (or brown) connector housing and return the
 rubber boot to its normal position. Re-attach the connector to the proper POS."

Link to the full POS post:

http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/83085.phtml

HTH somebody sometime.

Dave F.


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