[s-cars] ABS issue (or memory loss)

[Douglas Landaeta]

Old (wise) guys,

Okay, maybe I'm all brain dead about my ABS situation. About 10 years ago I had a nice A8 rear torsen installed by Tim and the good folks at Northern Automotive (Concord, NH). Fast forward through some years and past a small fire incident about the battery area and a VAG-com code for a bad RR wheel speed sensor, probably because of the wiring, and this is what I have. Still have the ABS light bulb pulled from the dash (which I did after the battery fire). Long ago I cleaned up and rewired everything in that area under the rear seat. I re-seated and tested the wheel speed sensor as good and reset all codes (now that I finally upgraded to USB-based VCDS).

My ABS is still not working. Did I just forget that the rear torsen would permanently disable the ABS or could the ABS controller be bad?

Ponder with me.
Doug


Sent from my mobile

> On Jan 22, 2015, at 9:31 AM, Robert Myers <bob.myers25840 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Thanks, Ian.  Advancing Alzheimer's dontchaknow. :-(
> 
> Bob
> 
>> On 1/21/2015 6:14 PM, Ian Duff wrote:
>> Your memory is fine! Gently pry off the wood panel, and the rest is obvious.
>> 
>> Seems to me there's a recommendation to use bulbs other than 1:1 replacement, like the ones in there are 1w and to replace with 2w, or I may have it backwards, or confused with the instrument cluster.
>> 
>> -Ian Duff, sent from my mobile, please excuse the brevity, spelling and punctuation.
>> 
>>> On Jan 21, 2015, at 17:54, Robert Myers <bob.myers25840 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The back light for the blower speed screen (right half of the double HVAC screen) in my 95.5 urS6 is out.  I'm pretty sure it's just a dead light bulb.  It's been a LOOOOOng time since I went in there for anything and I have forgotten he exact procedure for replacing those lights.  IIRC it  required just the use of a dull like table knife dull) probe to just pry the faux wood display surround off of a couple of spring clips in there.   But - I'm not positive so...
>>> 
>>> Anybody with a clue for me?
>>> 
>>> Clueless in WV,
>>> Bob
>>> 
>>> 
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