Re: Electrical gremlins (elves?): summary

[rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu (R Justin Andrews)]

Ok, I think you can hook up this wire to the power antennae wire and 
it should work.. I wouldn't really fool with it though...

HTH!
Rich Andrews
rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu
> 
> Yes, previous owner replaced the stock radio.
> Thanks,
> Gary Kaklikian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu [mailto:rjandrew@post.cis.smu.edu]
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 1999 3:43 PM
> To: Gary Kaklikian
> Subject: Re: Electrical gremlins (elves?): summary
> 
> 
> Well... there is a wire that is run to the radio and if you do NOT have
> the stock radio this is why it does not work.....
> 
> HTH!
> Rich Andrews
> > 
> > Is this true on the 5000cstq also? All of the functions listed below
> appear
> > to work OK on my car except the radio on binger, which never works.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Gary Kaklikian
> > '86 4kcsq (awaiting turbo)
> > '86 5kcstq
> > '93 K1100RS (for sale)
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Elliott Potter [mailto:epotter@abraxis.com]
> > Sent: Monday, January 04, 1999 1:57 PM
> > To: newbold@telerama.com
> > Cc: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> > Subject: Re: Electrical gremlins (elves?): summary
> > 
> > 
> > The part of the instrument cluster that has the chime sounder is a
> > separate box that plugs in to the rest of the instrument cluster--it's
> > modular so that they can use the same cluster with or without the trip
> > computer.  There are a few tall pins that stick out of the instrument
> > cluster PCB, and they seem to fit very loosely into holes on the said
> > box...that could be where the problem is?
> > --
> > Elliott
> > 
> > Chris Newbold wrote:
> > > 
> > > I wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Looks like the Audi Santa, er God, of electricity has come early this
> > > > year... I've got some weirdness with things driven off the driver's
> door
> > > > jam switch.
> > > >
> > > > As in most Audis, the driver's door jam switch drives a number of
> > things:
> > > >   o dome light
> > > >   o radio on binger
> > > >   o lights on binger
> > > >   o alarm
> > > >   o interrupt power windows (first time door is opened after ignition
> > > >     switched off)
> > > >
> > > > In the last few days, things haven't worked right; at first I figured
> > > > that the switch must be worn or corroded. However, I've noticed that
> > > > the failures affect a random collection of the items above.
> > > >
> > > > Tonight, for example, the dome light did not go on when I opened the
> > > > door, but the lights-on and radio-on binger worked, and so did the
> > > > power-window interrupt. This morning, I had dome lights, but no
> > > > binger.
> > > 
> > > Thanks to all for the replies. Here's the scoop: I had two problems.
> > > 
> > > The door switches actually have two contacts (three connections,
> including
> > > ground), though they both engage at the same time. A disassembly
> revealed
> > > no corrosion, but a thorough cleaning solved the problems with the dome
> > > light, etc.
> > > 
> > > It also looks like there's a bad connection somewhere on the IC PCB,
> > > which is causing the intermittent and "scratchy" sounding binger. I
> still
> > > have to track this one down and repair it.
> > > 
> > > -Chris
> > > 1993 90CS 5sp 72k miles
> > 
>