[V8] ignition key magic

[D Morralee]

Wow I can't remember what I had for dinner the night before .... Let alone remember a sequence like that. Good write up Bob. SD
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-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis Helton <fatboy03 at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2012 01:09:59 
To: <bw at udel.edu>
Cc: <v8 at audifans.com>; <ed.kellock at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [V8] ignition key magic

Holy shit!! All that for an ignition switch?WOW!!!

Last time I had one go bad, (v8 avant) Keith fixed it...I didn't realize it
was that in depth. Geesh
On Apr 6, 2012 8:29 PM, <bw at udel.edu> wrote:

> Two V8's need an ignition switch? The operation to replace the switch take
> a lot
> of time. If you knew the exact spot to drill a hole in the dash, then went
> in with a
> 12" long allen key to unscrew the set screws, it would be no mess or
> reconstruction of the dash and air vents, but that would be the Fantasy
> Fix.
> After you remove all the allen screws, remember where they go, including
> length
> A delicate air vent etc have to come out to get to the dash board screws.
> Then~
>
> Slide out dash, should read slide UP and out. A wedge shaped pop-in
> fastener
> on the inside of the dash needs to be lifted up, like a box lid with a
> hinge at the
> windshield, and out of its spring metal holder to clear the metal dash
> frame
> before pulling out toward the seats and out the passenger door.
> -Now, you can see the top of the electrical ignition switch. There is red
> sealing
> wax over the two small flat head set screws that hold the two horizontal
> fins of
> the switch, v-grooves are up. Use a pointed knife to remove the wax
> completely.
>  Unscrew the set screws to a height just above the aluminum frame, but do
> not
> back them out beyond 1/16" so they stay in the frame. One screw can be
> accessed thru a 1/2" hole in the metal dash frame. This would be easier
> w/o the
> windshield, but there is just enough room to wedge your head in to view the
> operation if you are kneeling on a protected passenger seat.
> Remove the knee cover in the drivers footwell. There is an 8mm headed bolt
> above the gas pedal that is hard to see while removing the obvious bolts.
> Now,
> you can reach up under the dash and slide the electrical switch off the
> mechanical switch. Remove the electrical junction scocket from the switch
> and
> replace that troubled one, that will never be of any use again, with a new
> one.
> ~If Audi had made the set screws face downward this whole operation could
> take
> place from this position in the footwell looking up~.
>  I found it easier to slide the switch in and then plug in the electrical
> junction.
> After allen head bolts everywhere, why not here as set screws where you
> need
> them because of the difficult access?
>  It all goes back together. Next time, I will get a 7 or 30 day pill
> holder and
> label the bolts! No real need to remove the glove box since it only covers
> two of
> four bolts that hold the brackets for the air bag. Dropping the top cover
> of the
> glove box including the two phillips head screws at the hinge gives full
> access.
> The two 13mm headed bolts there will let you take off the glove box door. I
> need to find out why the latch doesn't spring to reset itself after all
> this work.
> Good Luck!  Bob
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