Removing And Installing Manual Release Mechanism; Removing And Installing Shift Unit - Audi A8 2003 Workshop Manual

– Unscrew bolt -arrow - and remove housing for front ashtray.
Note
Should there be a trim cap on the rocker mechanism for manual
release, it will have to be levered off with a screwdriver.
– Use a screwdriver or similar to press on the rocker mechanism
for manual release -A- and simultaneously shift the selector
lever out of position "P" -arrow-.
4.7 Removing and installing manual release
mechanism
Removing
• Shift unit removed.
– Unscrew bolts -1- and remove manual release mechanism.
Installing
– To assemble manual release mechanism, insert slide -3- with
lugs -arrows A- into recesses -arrows B- on cover -2-.
– Clip end of Bowden cable -4- into slide and support bracket
into cover.
– Secure assembled manual release mechanism to shift unit.
• Flat edge -arrow C- points towards connecting wires.
4.8

Removing and installing shift unit

Removing
– If applicable, activate jacking mode when raising the vehicle
⇒ Running gear, front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive; Rep.
Gr. 43 ; Adaptive air suspension .
– Raise vehicle or drive onto inspection pit.
multitronic 01J, front-wheel drive - Edition 11.2007
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