Re: That little button on the floor

[Orin Eman <orin@WOLFENET.com>]

> > > > little button on the floor behind the gas pedal in my 5ks and
> > > > 5kcst(both
> > > > auto) does. I said that it forces a downshift or delays an
> > upshift,
> > > > allowing the revs to reach close to the redline. I noticed that
> > every
> > > > time
> > > > I press it, one of the before mentioned things happens. He says
> > that
> > > > it has
> > > > nothing to do with the transmission. Who is right? And what does
> > it
> > > > really
> > > > do? Thanks for any help.
> > > >
> > > > Vytautas Reipa
> > > > 5ks '87
> > > > 5kcst '86 rocketmobile.
> >
> > >  If it's an auto trans. It's a kick down switch to go from third to
> > > second.
> >
> > Not on the 5ks/cst.  It's a cutout switch for the AC compressor.
> > The kickdown is a mechanical link to/from the transmission...
> >
> > Orin.

>   If that s so, then why is his transmission shifting when he press the
> switch?

Coincidence.  In order to get the effect that is described, the gas pedal
would need to be pressed far enough to actuate the mechanical kickdown
linkage... though the description doesn't actually say that the switch
is being activated by the pedal, it would be rather hard to press it
otherwise.

Both Audi training docs and the Bentley say that the switch is to
cut out the AC compressor under full throttle.  For those years,
I know of no electrical connection to the transmission at all.

Orin.