[V6-12v] Audi Cabriolet Electrical Issue Anti theft

[Thomas G. Leppke-Hennig]

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>    1. Audi Cabriolet Electrical Issue Anti theft (Steve Kramer)
>    2. Re: Audi Cabriolet Electrical Issue Anti theft (Kent McLean)
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> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:45:15 -0500
> From: "Steve Kramer" <skramer at mac.com>
> Subject: [V6-12v] Audi Cabriolet Electrical Issue Anti theft
> To: "Unknown" <v6-12v at audifans.com>
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> Fellow V6er's
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> I have a 95 Audi Cabriolet with alarm anti theft issues.  Looks like the
> culprit was the trunk wiring harness that was frayed.
> Got a huge bill for install..  Something like 4 hours to replace the
> wiring
> harness.  Can't find any info on alldata for  the " book time"  Any ideas?
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> Steve Kramer
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> 95 Audi cabriolet
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> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:58:52 -0400
> From: Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [V6-12v] Audi Cabriolet Electrical Issue Anti theft
> To: v6-12v at audifans.com
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> Steve Kramer wrote:
>> I have a 95 Audi Cabriolet with alarm anti theft issues.  Looks like the
>> culprit was the trunk wiring harness that was frayed.
>> Got a huge bill for install..  Something like 4 hours to replace the
>> wiring
>> harness.  Can't find any info on alldata for  the " book time"  Any
>> ideas?
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> No help with the book rate, but instead of replacing the harness they
> should
> have been able to splice the dozen or so wires in a lot less than 4 hours,
> especially if they used good crimp connections rather than solder, where
> "good" is using quality butt connectors and a ratcheting crimper.
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> Kent McLean
> '99 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> '91 200 TQA #3, with mods
> gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ
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I think 4 hours sounds about right. It's a huge sucky job. Getting at both
ends of all the wires is time consuming.

Splice and crimp: I've played with that too. The factory uses some very
nice high-strand wire that resists (not forever, obviously) breakage due
to flex. Also, routing them through and getting the splices far enough
away from the hinge point, I question whether it would be "a lot less"
than 4 hours. It sounds like "at least" 4 hours to me.

I'm not shooting opinions down, just trying to add a counter point to the
discussion.

Tom LH
1995 90q