Re: 90q short!?!

[spokes@mail.the-wire.com]

I'm afraid I fail to see how this is connected to my 90q shorting
problem...the car is bone stock (save aftermarket replacement brakes and
such) and has never had any mods done to the electrical system...

Passing it off as just another q-list unrelated rant??  Yup. I suppose so.


As for the short problem,

Couldn't find my Dad's meter today...So I wasn't able to test anything.
Checked car out closer...really wishing that Audi wasn't so 'neat' in their
wire placement, MAN! You gotta crawl everywhere in this thing to try and
get them...much preffered VW's toss 'em un protected under the dash
somewhere...okay, only preferred when I want to FIND them in their almost
entire length to check the problem!

Only new thing discovered, trunk light didn't work before.  I figure when i
find the meter I will test the bulb...I ahve a hunch that it is what is
shorting out...nope, no evidence to back this up, just a gut feeling.

Still searching for any ideas from q-land though...

-Dave





>This is just a vent.  Why is it people think they can just hack open the
>harness, cut and TWIST some wires together, stick a little bandaid of
>electrical tape on it, and then NOT have anything happen to it for the rest of
>its life.  I tore out this alarm system the PO had "professionally" installed.
>What a joke!  When I purchased car had all kinds of electrical problems,
>including quick kill of battery.  This alarm had about a half dozen shorts,
>including main power to ign. switch shorting to dash frame.  Tore all this
>trash out day one and threw it in driveway.  Bare butt connectors, solder.
>shrink sleeves, no more shorts!  I learned this the hard way from our plow
>trucks in the 80's.  Take a look at a brand new wire harness for a snowplow
>after one winter, and you'll see what I learned.
>
>My $.02
>Jim Accordino
>89 200tq
>85 5Kt






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