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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
I thought mine was to the left of the glove box but it has been a while. This shows it to the right. There should be a small gauge yellow/black wire. This goes to the TDM. If you simply ground this wire, probably to the metal dash structure, the key portion of VATS is bypassed. The purple wire goes to the starter. The yellow wires should be a large and a small. One comes from the ignition switch, the other from the 3 amp crank fuse through the neutral/clutch safety switch and powers the relay. Basically ground that wire and forget the rest 
So, as long as vats is tuned out and you bypass the relay, your car has no VATS. If the Security light is still working in cluster, it will be lit. You can simply remove the bulb or wait for it to burn out  |
To be honest this is all a foreign language to me, I'm having a really hard time comprehending. Its clear I removed something I shouldn't have, but if I gather what your saying, and I've attached pics: this yellow/black line is currently grounded with an inline switch already. The second photo shows what I think is the other end of the connection from under the drivers side, It must have been connected to something that I removed by accident and threw away.
I tested my key with a multi-meter, and determined what resistance was in the chip, and went to my local electronic store and built the correct resistor for that numerical value, but i've seen two different write ups place the resister in two different spots. I've tried both and there has been no change.
This is the TDM? The switch is in a temporary grounded position, and its spliced exactly where everyone says, but theres something missing to this puzzle.
mystery connection:
If I'm correct I tracked the two wires from the VATS harness on the drivers side, a Purple with White Line & a Off White with Thin Black Line to this connector, I have no idea what it went to.
I used this write up to try to jump the VATS:
http://www.ls1lt1.com/forum/car-audi...-write-up.html