[V8] Subject: Re: Window operation troubleshooting

[Dave Saad]

It looks like they just used a surface mount resistor instead of the  
axial lead - so it can be machine assembled instead of peasant  
assembled.


Dave

On Aug 23, 2010, at 5:47 PM, NIck Miller wrote:

> Those weird window switches I was talking about... here are some  
> pictures.
> The one with the PCB on it is the best, I want to know what they are  
> out of
> but my Etka doesn't work right now.  They light up brighter and are  
> easier
> to take apart and work better.  Looks to be newer design, maybe C4?
>
> PNs:
> 4a0 959 855 A OIC  - Printed board switch
> 893 959 855 -  seperate switch/ lever thing
> ??? on the last one
>
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_004_01.jpg
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_003_01.jpg
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_002_01.jpg
> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_001_01.jpg
> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:11 PM, NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> Oh yea, there are some different ones here.  What do the V8 ones look
>> like?  Like I said, one is about 1/8 in shorter and has a PCB on  
>> the inside,
>> the others, maybe 2-3 look like 5k units, they have some copper  
>> contacts
>> that click back and fourth, and a resistor with a light in it  
>> instead of an
>> integrated led.
>>
>> Yea, I guess the switches were just swapped around in the drivers  
>> door, and
>> For some reason I have to reverse the polarity of the motor's  
>> connector to
>> get the switch on the rear door to go the right way.  Sort of weird.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Tony and Lillie <
>> tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not sure I'm understanding this one. Are you saying that the two
>>> rear window switches are still reversed?
>>>
>>> Also, the switches may have been substituted for 4000 switches or
>>> something along those lines. That might explain them being upside- 
>>> down. Look
>>> closely at them, I never noticed this till I had them side by side.
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>
>>> *Cc:* Andy Schor <walbum1 at verizon.net> ; bw at udel.edu ; v8 at audifans.com
>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 23, 2010 1:43 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: [V8] Subject: Re: Window operation troubleshooting
>>>
>>> Well.... The plot thickens!  So I can get the rear left passenger  
>>> window
>>> working from the drivers door now!  Why?  Well, because it runs of  
>>> the rear
>>> RIGHT switch, of course...
>>>
>>> Weird... ?  Ok, so the rear left window's switch is good, but Up  
>>> is down,
>>> and down is up.  Can't figure that out.. So I took the two-prong  
>>> motor
>>> connector and swapped it on the switch.  Now up is up and down is  
>>> down...
>>> still odd.
>>>
>>> And now I've also got two switches bad.  I found out that the  
>>> driver's
>>> door switch for the rear left window didn't work, so I swapped the  
>>> rear
>>> right switch for that, and got it plugged in correctly so the left  
>>> switch
>>> operates the left window... .Whew.
>>>
>>> Ok, so I popped open three windows switches and I'm seeing two  
>>> different
>>> things.  It looks like a much newer design, with an LED and  
>>> printed circuit
>>> board, and one much older design that is all copper basically.    
>>> What do I
>>> do to clean these buggers?  De-oxit or what?   Thanks,
>>>
>>> ~Nick
>>>
>>>
>>
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