Re: Upshift Relay

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> I have an '86 4000s, 180K that I recently purchased, my first audi.  I have
> been making many small repairs with the help of my Bentley and my VW ('86
> sirrocco, same engine as mine) owning friends.  We discovered that we could
> get rid of the annoying upshift indicator in both of our cars by removing a
> relay.  My question is, will anything else be harmed by the removal of this
> relay?  

No.  All it runs is the dash light.  Someday you could even remove the
sender in the vacuum advance line.  Then you can use the dash light for
something useful, like a "fogs on" indicator...

> Am I screwing up any emmissions things or anything else?  I also
> changed the door open ding/dong relay to a VW realy that has a better
> sound, a 3-toned noise.  Will that present any problems?

only if your neighborhood has a 3 tone ding dong prohibition...

> The relay from a
> VW fits in my audi, but there are fewer pins on the VW relay.

there usually are.  does it nag you about your seat belt, too?

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/

82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250