need help with finding a wire under the dash

[navin in KC]

Actually two things:

1) I'm trying to put a Tiptronic Steering wheel on my (non-tiptronic) car and use the steering wheel buttons for volume and FF/RW buttons. I found this website (http://p-car.com/diy/steeringradio/) that shows most of it, but it isn't very specific. One of the things that it doesn't help with is:

Where do I find the wires under the dash that hook to the wiring loom in the steering wheel: (part number 000 043 203 10). These are the wires that go from the tiptronic steering wheel buttons to the wires in the steering column to somewhere to tell the transmission to shift.

2) the next thing is easier. This article:

http://members.rennlist.com/loren/obc_stalk.zip

shows how to just pop the airbag wire off of the back of the airbag with a flat tool. Is it just that simple? I DO have my battery disconnected, but I don't want to have the airbag go off when I pry off this wire (from the back of the airbag).

[Dharn55]

Actually two things:

1) I'm trying to put a Tiptronic Steering wheel on my (non-tiptronic) car and use the steering wheel buttons for volume and FF/RW buttons. I found this website (http://p-car.com/diy/steeringradio/) that shows most of it, but it isn't very specific. One of the things that it doesn't help with is:

Where do I find the wires under the dash that hook to the wiring loom in the steering wheel: (part number 000 043 203 10). These are the wires that go from the tiptronic steering wheel buttons to the wires in the steering column to somewhere to tell the transmission to shift.

2) the next thing is easier. This article:

http://members.rennlist.com/loren/obc_stalk.zip

shows how to just pop the airbag wire off of the back of the airbag with a flat tool. Is it just that simple? I DO have my battery disconnected, but I don't want to have the airbag go off when I pry off this wire (from the back of the airbag).

For the airbag wires, it is that simple. As long as the battery is disconnected (soem say to have it disconnected for a few minutes before you do anything) the airbag will not go off. NOTE: DON'T RECONNECT THE BATTERY WITH THE AIRBAG DISCONNECTED OR YOU WILL GET THE DREADED AIRBAG LIGHT FAULT. Then it takes a trip to the dealer, or someone with a pst2 to turn it off. As to the wires going to the dash, keep searching.