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iTrader: (51)

Guys I just bought this A4 shifter off another member on this site and this is the way the shifter arrived. Why are these wires cut?? Should they be? Will I be needing them?

EDS01SS

iTrader: (30)

If you didnt need the wiring then it is no big deal.Just disconnect them and plug your harness in. Im not sure why the person that sold ya the shifter didnt just do that.

30th t/a

iTrader: (51)

thats what im trying to find out. DO I need those cut wires????? Or do I just leave them the way they are because they are not needed???

SamhainZ28

iTrader: (28)

unplug the cut wires from the shifter, and then clip your own harness into it. You have those wires in your car already.

30th t/a

iTrader: (51)

thanks, but why would someone cut these wires and ruin a harness when they could have just unplugged them??

Also, Im doing a M6 to a A4 swap and I do have the A4 wiring harness for the engine. Will I be ok with this?

9000th01ss

iTrader: (10)

I don't see what the big deal is. If the guy was parting the car out it's easier to just cut them. If he knew you needed it for a M6 to A4 swap I'd say he was being generous to give you all the plug ends in case you needed them.

EDS01SS

iTrader: (30)

Yes I do believe you will be fine with the A4 engine harness. I believe that harness also has the transmission wires in it and all you should have to do is find the connectors on your harness and plug them into the shifter.If I am wrong about this then the seller still did you a favor by giving you the connectors since you will have to still wire all that stuff into the computer.

9000th01ss

iTrader: (10)

The engine and trans wiring harness does not have those connections in it. Those are part of the body/interior wiring.

30th t/a

iTrader: (51)

Ok and since my car twas a M6, would the interior/body wiring of my M6 car come with that wiring that will go to this A4 shifter?

EDS01SS

iTrader: (30)

I dont believe it will without cutting and soldering wires but it can be done. You will need both wiring schematics to do this though. It would probably be alot easier just to find a wiring harness out of a wrecked a4 and switch them out.

9000th01ss

iTrader: (10)

The easiest thing to do would be to bring the reverse light harness from the M6 up to the shifter, and also bring the neutral safety switch wires from the pedal switch to the shifter and splice them into the wiring on that shifter.
Changing the interior wiring is a pain.
If you do the two things above you'll get the basic stuff. You still won't have the rear hatch interlock, and brake pedal lockout.
Did you plan on running the cable from the shifter to the steering column?

30th t/a

iTrader: (51)

yes i am

9000th01ss

iTrader: (10)

I meant to say are you going to make the brake pedal lockout functional?
It's that solenoid that requires you to have your foot on the brake before the shifter will come out of park. That could be a problem finding the wiring for that. Unless you get an A4 interior harness.

30th t/a

iTrader: (51)

I would like to have the brake pedal lockout working but at this time somehting like that isnt a huge concern for me.

caMnaro

iTrader: (24)

He cut them so you can hook up the switches on the shifter. I just got done with doing this on my m6 - a4 swap. Here is were i found out how to kook everything up.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/automatic-transmission/200477-m6-a4-a4-m6-conversion-info.html
Post #16 to get everything to work with the shifter.

If you need any more help pm me since i just did this less then a week or go.