Re: climate control replacement

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Hmm, interesting, Stephane. These defrost circuits pull a lot of power, so
there may be a relay somewhere. The switches on a climate control unit are
not usually very heavy duty. I've never seen a rear window defrost switch in
the CC head - my '86 5ktq had the switch on the dash from what I recall.

Fred Munro
'94 S4  91k km

----- Original Message -----
From: Livolsi, Stephane <livols1@investorsgroup.com>
To: 'Fred Munro' <munrof@isys.ca>
Cc: 'Audi Quattro List' <quattro@audifans.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 7:50 PM
Subject: RE: climate control replacement


> Thanks Fred, but...... the defrost button on my car is an integral part
> of the climate control unit.  It is a switch on the face of the unit
> next to the lo, auto, hi, defrost buttons.  There is no separate dash
> mounted switch for the rear window defrost.  I think the original
> climate control also had the defogger switch built into it because I
> don't see one on the dash and all the wiring in there looks original
> (ie. not cut and spliced)
>
> Stephane Livolsi
> 180 Yorston St
> Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
> ph 250-392-2637
> fax 250-392-2693
>
> '86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the club)
>
> >----------
> >From: Fred Munro[SMTP:munrof@isys.ca]
> >Sent: October 23, 1999 3:10 PM
> >To: Livolsi, Stephane; 'Audi Quattro List'
> >Subject: Re: climate control replacement
> >
> >The rear window defrost has nothing to do with the climate control,
> >Stephane. It is an electrically heated grid powered from the switch in
the
> >dash. Check the fuse & the switch. If these are OK, check the wiring
> >connectors to the window grid and check the main grid lines (vertical
lines
> >at the sides of the window) for breaks.
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >Fred Munro
> >'94 S4  91k km
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Livolsi, Stephane <livols1@investorsgroup.com>
> >To: 'Audi Quattro List' <quattro@audifans.com>
> >Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 4:10 PM
> >Subject: climate control replacement
> >
> >
> >> Hello all.  It's a gorgeous day here and probably one of the last nice
> >> days of the year so I am taking advantage of it and really going to
town
> >> on the little things wrong with my car.
> >>
> >> 1. Driver seat heater does not work
> >> 2. Passenger power seat just stopped working 2 days ago.
> >> 3. rear defrost does not work
> >> 4. climate control does not work properly
> >> 5. major cleaning and lubing, etc
> >>
> >> I figured out that the problem with the seat heater is somewhere in the
> >> wiring between the switch and the relay.  I swapped the driver side
> >> switch with the passenger one. Passenger side still works, drivers side
> >> still doesn't. OK the switch is good.  Swapped the driver side relay
for
> >> the passenger side relay. Neither one works.  Hmmmmm..... OK driver
side
> >> relay is toast (opened it up and couldn't find anything wrong but the
> >> tests indicate it must be bad), but when I put the good relay from the
> >> passenger side, into the driver side slot, it still doesn't work.  So I
> >> figure I have both a bad relay and bad wiring somewhere.  Any ideas
> >> where the wiring could go bad?
> >>
> >> I took the climate control unit out of the dash and noted that it is
not
> >> original, it has auto wrecker markings on it and is labeled 87 5000
> >> turbo.  NOW, I know that starting in (late?) 1986, the climate control
> >> unit got some sort of diagnostic feature built into it.  The date of
> >> manufacture on my car is 9/85.  Do you see the problem?   I suspect
this
> >> is why my climate control and rear defrost don't work properly -
> >> internal wiring on the climate control may be different.  Can anybody
> >> confirm that the 87 unit either will or won't work in my 86 5K?
> >>
> >> As always, thanks for the help, gang
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Stephane Livolsi
> >> 180 Yorston St
> >> Williams Lake, BC, V2G 3Z1
> >> ph 250-392-2637
> >> fax 250-392-2693
> >>
> >> '86 5KTQ stock (if you don't know what it means, you aren't in the
club)
> >>
> >
> >
>