Rear Fog Light & Clutch Slave Cylinder

["ADOWLESS.US.ORACLE.COM (D. Alan Dowless)" <ADOWLESS@us.oracle.com>]

Quattro Owners, 
 
I have noticed that the new Audi's (Volvo's and Mercedes too) are being 
shipped to the US with the rear fog lamp installed, previously this feature 
was only available in Europe. 
 
I believe that this is a good safety feature while driving in nasty weather. 
So I ordered the factory switch for my 1987 5KQT, before I ran the wiring, I 
jumped a hot wire to the left-rear brake light to test, I didn't expect all 3 
rear brake lights to come on, but that's exactly what happened.  I feel this 
is related to the rear lamp control unit. 
 
Since these cars were manufactured in Europe where the rear fog is probably 
standard equipment, I bet that the rear lamp control unit is already 
configured for it, but just disabled. 
 
Has anyone tried this? Any suggestions? 
 
Also, my cluth slave cylinder just bit the dust, I am going to attempt to 
replace it this weekend, it isn't a complicated job, just looks like it will 
be tough to get access to it. Does anyone have any suggestions to make the job 
easier.  I bought the slave cylinder from Rod at IPC for $55, the dealer 
wanted $138, both parts are new and there is no rebuild kit available for this 
part. 
 
Thanks in Advance 
Alan