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  1. Dais3
    I'm in the process of putting a 987 steering wheel on my 1997 986. I'm using a VW spline adapter to get the 26mm 987 wheel to sit on the 17mm column of the 986. That all works fine with some modification of the clock spring. My question is on the airbag. The 986 airbag is a single connector with two wires. The 987 has two connectors - 2 wires on each. I've searched but I can't find much info on the airbag wiring. Does anyone have any ideas or can point me in the right direction for info? Any help much appreciated Thanks Dave
  2. Dais3
    A quick update. Traced the amp control wire and it was indeed wired to the +batt on the stereo. There is no amp control output on the stereo so I have now wired it to the +ignition. All good and battery not draining now. Many thanks for the help Dave
  3. Dais3
    Thanks everyone. I'll take a closer look at the amp and report back. It would make sense that there should be a control signal from the head unit when that is powered up.
  4. Dais3
    No the 500mA is as soon as I hook up the battery through the meter. It drops to about 350mA after an hour or so. The draw on D9 looks to be about 300mA. So 500mA as I hook up the battery. Pull D9 draw drops to 200mA.
  5. Dais3
    So my new (to me) 986 battery goes flat after a few days with no use. I should have figured something like that when the previous owner stated he had just put a new battery in the car. Receipt was in the paperwork so I figure the battery is fine. Having read through various posts on this and other forums, I hooded up a multimeter in series with the battery and started pulling fuses one by one. With all the fuses in I'm seeing approx. 500mA. That'll kill a battery in a few days. After working my way though all the fuses I have identified the culprit is D9. With that out I see about 150mA dropping to about 30mA after an hour or so. Now D9 is listed as the Audio Option pack and sure enough with the fuse out I lose the amp. The car has an after market CD player which still works with the fuse out so that's wired somewhere else. I just lose the amp. Now all of this is without the key in the ignition. Again after some more reading I suspected the ignition switch as I would assume the audio pack would be turned on with the key in position 1. So I have changed the ignition switch but no effect. So now I'm a little stumped. What to do next. For now I've pulled the fuse which will at least keep my battery good. I wonder if someone in the cars history has done some funky wiring on the amp but it all looks stock. Any ideas or suggestions where to look next would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Dave
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