[s-cars] pad wear indicator light on after brake job

[LL - NY]

Thanks Bob!  Finally, relief from the man with the headphones!

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

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> (On my 1995.5 urS6) With a little help from Dave Forgie I found a
> brown wire with a green stripe leaving (from the Pin 6 position),
> going to the T26 green instrument cluster connector. Goes into Pin 6
> of the the green 26 pin connector at the rear of the instrument
> cluster and then into the instrument cluster printed circuit.  Inside
> the green connector install a jumper between the brown ground line
> and the brown/green signal line from the brake circuit.  This will
> eliminate the brake wear test circuit completely and turn off the
> annoying lights.  This also means that you will have to check the
> pads every now and then to take over the wear sensing duties yourself.
>
> Bob
>
>
> At 12:14 PM 11/8/2009, Calvin Craig wrote:
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> >I have had this happen to me recently on my 2001 S4 and I had it happen on
> >my '92 as well even when I short the plugs together by twisting the wires
> it
> >still indicates worn brakes.  There is some weak point in the system
> design,
> >that has persisted for 10 years, that allows this to happen.  I would love
> >to know where it is!
> >--Calvin
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Tony Curran
> >Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 8:46 AM
> >To: theringmeister at triad.rr.com; s-car-list at audifans.com; 'Audi 20V'
> >Subject: Re: [s-cars] pad wear indicator light on after brake job
> >
> >
> >The cut that means you never have to worry about the wear indicator again
> :)
> >
> >Tony
> >96 S6
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> >[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Wylie Bean
> >Sent: November 8, 2009 12:11 AM
> >To: s-car-list at audifans.com; Audi 20V
> >Subject: [s-cars] pad wear indicator light on after brake job
> >
> >On my 92Ur-S
> >Had to splice old connectors onto new pads b/c new pads had wrong
> >connectors. Tried 2 different brands...PBRs from CarQuest (WorldPac) which
> >didn't even have threads in the holes for the retaining clips, and
> >eventually found one set @ Advance (Wagner/Federal Mogul) that at least
> had
> >threaded holes in the backing plates.
> >In splicing, I soldered the wires.
> >Bad idea?  Don't see how it was as long as the circuit is continuous, but
> I
> >have the pad warning light.
> >Aside from cleaning connections @ the plug, anything I missed?
> >
> >Wylie Bean
> >TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> >90 cq
> >91 90q20v
> >92 UrS4
> >08 Q7 3.6
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