[Vwdiesel] Shift light?

[Johann Koenig]

On Wednesday February  2 at 06:48pm
Roger Brown <r.c.brown at ieee.org> wrote:

> Mike & Coreen Smith wrote:
> > 
> > I jammed the wire into the W-terminal (it had rotted off) in a
> > moment of weakness (I know it's the incorrect repair) and shift
> > light seems to work better, but it's still telling me to shift @
> > around 80km/h in 5th gear..........86 Golf 1.6D
> > 
> > Did the sneaky VW folks hide a 6th gear on this ol' rig that I am
> > not aware of, or is this always the way the "computer" acts ;-0
> 
> That says that the 5th gear switch in the end of the tranny is not
> working right.  Its the big electrical connector near the tranny
> mount.  Logic is that the 5th gear contact opens in 5th gear and
> diasbles the upshift light, same thing happens and closed and wide
> open throttle (via the two switches on the throttle linkage).

For the life of me, I couldn't figure out what those switches on the
injection pump did. I had some ideas about one of them, but the other
one doesn't look like it can ever be contacted (on the side closer the
timing belt). Maybe thats why my shift light never worked (just got the
car on the road at the end of December)
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