RE: switch on back of 5spd trans

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

Nope ... it is the switch that tells the upshift indicator circuitry that
you are in top gear so that it won't tell you to upshift.  On a quattro it
is very common to exchange the wires from the center diff lock switch with
the ones for the 5th gear switch ... causing people to wonder why the diff
lock light (and perhaps ABS OFF) lights come on whenever the car is in 5th
gear ...

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)

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> From: 	Sachelle Babbar[SMTP:sbabbar@iris.nyit.edu]
> Sent: 	Friday, May 14, 1999 1:34 PM
> To: 	quattrolist
> Subject: 	switch on back of 5spd trans
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> What is the switch on the back of my fwd's five speed? Two terminal, looks
> like the thermotime switches or the two terminal temp switches. Like the
> one for our turbo cooling pump and fan.
> 
> It's not for the back up lights, I know that much. There are no wires
> leading to it.
> 
> The location is just above that rear cover (I guess it's center
> differential-less?) I at first thought it might be for the center diff
> lock light, but I don't even know if these are the same transmissions,
> just one has a center diff attached to it.
> 
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> *Steve                                             Sachelle Babbar
> *'87  5000CS Turbo 5spd 1.3-2.0 bar             <SBABBAR@IRIS.NYIT.EDU>
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> *Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
> *personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
> *your results may vary from mine."
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