Audi A4 will not crank or start

Ok I fixed my own no-crank-battery-is-fine problem yesterday. It was caused by a rotted wire that goes from the solenoid to the starter. This wire is only about 2 inches long and from what was remaining of the wire I could see that the wire was not shielded (braided flat type). Anyway I have a 2002 a4 quattro 1.8T. I pulled the car on ramps using a comealong and a chain to a nearby tree. Then I removed the starter. If you want to diy, here’s some tips: 1. Unhook positive battery terminal. 2. Starter is on passenger side of motor under exhaust manifold. 3. There are two 8mm nuts to a bracket in front - mine had a wire holder on one of them too. Get the bracket out of there too - its just one torx bolt (i used a folding hex because it was easier to turn in that space) 4. The fat wires are held on at the top front by a 13mm nut and the small wire is a plastic female plug also top front just below fat wires. Pull the plug first to move it away and dont expect the plug to play nice. Expect a sore hand. 5. Get the little heat shield off of the starter by wtv means necessary. You can devise a way to reattach it later with hose clamps or wtv. 6. Pull the 2 metal coolant lines downward a little if they have space under them - this helps alot. 7. The back end of the starter is held on by a 16mm bolt at bottom and another (longer) 16mm bolt at top that actually goes in from the engine to the starter - in other words the upper bolt head is facing the trunk (weird yes). 8. Slide the starter out - you will see the path to take. 9. The bad wire is another 13mm right below the upper 13mm and goes into the hole on the front top of the starter (mine had a rubber pad around it). 10. Make a new wire and attach it where the bad one was using a small screw to hold it in the hole against the old wire strands - then the 13mm nut on other end. 11. I put a piece of hard plastic over the hole connection then a hose clamp around the whole thing to keep it from ever moving. 12. Test starter with jumpers - neg to starter body and pos to 13mm nut on new little wire. 13. If the starter works, put it back in the car now. 14. If the starter doesn’t work, double check wire connections and test again. 15. Worst case - starter is dead - get a new one and install that instead.

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