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Mr Winzer's circuit diagrams
I faxed our German friend the most important 22 pages of the factory wiring
diagrams for his donor ur-quattro, assuming it was model year 1985.
I also spent some time fiddling around with the scanner. Although I'm pretty
much over-worked, it's fairly easy to scan pages into .TIF format. I _know_
there are better formats, but this is a good compromise between software,
operating system, scanner hardware, display, etc., for me.
Each page comes out at well over a megabyte, but they zip down to (in one case)
as little as 1.7KB. It's usually between 20KB and 35KB per page.
The problems:
a) This stuff is probably copyrighted, though I can't see any notices.
b) The structure is complex - the index calls out which diagrams are applicable
to each model year - the subsidiary diagrams (ABS, digital dash, heated
seats, electric mirrors, rear washer/wiper) seem to be called for each year
almost at random.
c) It's _BIG_. There are 59 diagrams - all are multi-page and some are up to
20 pages. The book is over three inches thick.
d) It's in Kraut. This is not a major problem for me - in fact, I rather
prefer it. There are very few words that aren't blindingly obvious.
It is, after all, fairly obvious what a "Relais" is. And a "Motor".
e) It's Euro-spec. This is likely to be the killer for US listers.
Anyway - if anyone wants a little file to play with, I'll whack one over on
request.
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Phil Payne
phil@sievers.com
Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club