1996 AUDI A4 Mechanical Throttle Control Servising

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Vehicles with automatic transmission

All vehicles
Note:
Vehicles with manual transmission: retaining clip is located behind the
front wall of the plenum. - Disconnect harness connector -2- from kick-down switch -1-.
- Remove retaining clip -1- on accelerator pedal cable bracket or kick-
down switch, whichever is installed.

-
Twist cable positioning tab approx. 90 in counter-clockwise direction -
arrow 1- and pull positioner out through the fire wall and into into the
plenum -arrow 2-. - Remove accelerator pedal cable.
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Installing
Installation is performed in the reverse order of
the removal procedure, during installation, note
the following:

- See notes Page 20
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Vehicles with manual transmission

- Slide cable with cable bracket -3- and cable positioner -1- out of the
engine compartment and through the front and rear plenum walls in -
direction of the arrow-.
- Attach cable bracket with retaining clip -2- behind firewall, in the
plenum.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Slide cable with cable bracket -3- and cable mounting -1- out of the
plenum toward the front, through the firewall to the engine and
backward through the fire wall to the vehicle interior.
Arrow points in installation direction.
- Attach cable bracket with retaining clip -2- in front of firewall in the
plenum.

- Connect kick-down-switch harness connector -arrow-.
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All vehicles

-
Twist the cable positioner tab 90 in clock-wise direction -arrow 1 - and
push into same shaped opening in fire wall and let positioner come to
rest with the tab in a vertical position -arrow 2-. - Adjust accelerator pedal cable Page 20
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Accelerator pedal cable, removing and
installing (vehicles with 2.8 ltr. engine)


Removing

- Remove driver's side storage compartment

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- Disconnect cable -1- from top of accelerator pedal -2- (dotted lines).

- Remove engine cover -arrows-.
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Vehicles with cruise control

All vehicles - Disconnect vacuum hose -1- from cruise control vacuum unit -2-.
- Loosen cruise control vacuum unit mounting bracket bolts -arrows-.
- Disconnect actuator rod from Throttle actuator control module.

- Remove clip -3- from notched section of outer accelerator pedal cable
sleeve.
- Disengage cable ferrule -1- from its captured position in the accelerator
pedal cable quadrant.
- Remove accelerator pedal cable -4- from mounting bracket -2- by
sliding the grooved rubber grommet sideways out of mounting bracket -
2-.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission

All vehicles
Note:
For vehicles with a manual transmission (no kick-down switch), the clip is
located on the cable bracket behind the front plenum. - Disconnect harness connector -2- from kick-down switch.
- Remove retaining clip -1- from the kick-down switch.

-
Twist cable positioner approx. 90 in counter-clockwise direction -
arrow 1- and pull out through the firewall side of plenum in direction of -
arrow 2- toward the engine. - Remove the accelerator pedal cable.
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Installing
Installation is performed in the reverse order of
the removal procedure. During installation, note
the following:

See notes Page 20
-186
.

Vehicles with manual transmission

- Slide accelerator pedal cable with bracket -3- and cable positioner -1-
through the back and front plenum walls in direction of -arrow- as
shown in illustration.
- Attach bracket -3- to the front wall of the plenum by installing retaining
clip -2- onto back side of bracket -3- (in plenum)
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