[V8] back-up light switch

Kent McLean kentmclean at comcast.net
Thu Apr 30 04:49:45 PDT 2009


urq wrote:
> .... perhaps there are two possible locations the switch may be mounted ...
> sometimes the FA diagrams are vague, or even incorrect. 

Off-list, Tony suggested one switch is to recognize when the transmission
is in 5th, possibly to disable an upshift light when in 5th.

> As to how you want to wire ... you may want to get yourself a wiring diagram
> and figure out how your car is set up now.  

Tony also suggested using the gray wire to the MFS, as that originally
delivered 12V to the MFS.

I thought I had downloaded a copy of a V8 manual/supplement; I seem
to have the HTML files, but not the images.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"



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