Hey mike,
Yes, that cable sounds like the right one.  Can you post a link to the ebay auction just to make sure?

I also have an AWW (although in a GTI).  Immo off is relatively straight forward -- u do have to put the ECU in boot mode (take ecu apart, ground pin 24 on eeprom during power up, etc.), but that's not a big deal.

Good Luck!

http://nefariousmotorsports.com/forum/index.php/topic,1168.0title,.html

That's what u need to read/write the EEPROM to defeat the immobilizer. Make sure you backup the EEPROM before reading the ecu with nefmoto software. Some aftermarket tunes store info in the EEPROM that gets overwritten by thw nefmoto software.

If you need help tuning the aww, I've become somewhat proficient having just finished my stage 1 AWW tune

So I have the software installed but haven't opened it yet as I still don't have the cable but I was thinking about the steps.
This thing plugs in through the obd2 port I am presuming so I'll need to wait until after everything is installed to access the ecu programming?
I have vag com 4.09 already but haven't used it yet either. It seems to have an immobilizer icon but I am guessing that has nothing to do with the process of defeating the immo.
This is all still quite intimidating a process, I thinks I needs a coffee..going to be a steep climb up learning curve hill. .
Cheers..
 

Thanks for the reply, yet again sir.
That link helps me to understand the wiring involved very well. And realise I need more than just that laptop dongle to do this immo defeat.
I thought I could do it all with just that and my laptop while the original harness was still in the donor car without cracking open the ecu at all.
Now it looks, and I'm still reading, that I need to put it on the bench either way to get the ecu into boot mode.
I have downloaded and tested both those me7 programs and I got me to their help screens so I'm gtg there!
Think I will be hitting the surplus store tomorrow looking for atx cables and really little connectors. And a power supply,
So do I just run wires from my obd2 connector, which in turn is connected to the laptop via the usb port to the identified pins on the ecu? ie pin 43 on ecu to pin 7 on obd2 connector, pins 1 and 2 to pins 4 and 5 etc? what about those can bus leads, are they not applicable on our ecu's?

Thanks again!Wicked site for information on tuning here...

Hey all, finally finishing this swap after a crazy cold winter up here.
Actually opened my ecu cover slowly tonight and hopefully will have an image of my EEPROM file later tonight.
From all my readin online this winter it seems I will need to eliminate the immo, the sai codes, the evap codes, the asr, or anti slip codes to make this work seamlessly in my Corrado.
I wold also like, if possible to rebrand the file with the 1990 vin and ID for clean air purposes.
So any help, assuming I don't fry stuff in my imminent efforts will be appreciated..
Cheers for now..

So, it was late and I was tired last night.
Checked my connections again today and my set up is as follows:
Pass through usb dongle, I'm connected to ground on pins 4 and 5, 7 is k line and 15 power.
On the ecu ground on 1, k line on 42, switched power on 3, and 62.
This dongle when tested with other car allowed certain vag com functions but I also got " to many communication errors" messages via VC that I presumed were the car as its a bit of a beater but could be the cable possibly.
Any help on the echo error message, would be awesome.
Thx
I have an older serial cable type vag com cable with a black box mid cable that I was thinking of trying on the other pc, but wonder if this old style would work. Pass through capabilities and such.
Sorry, I'm such a newb at this for an old guy..

I bought an OBD2 OBDII VAG K+CAN Commander 1.4 diagnostic cable for Audi/VW/SEAT/SKODA H110 off eBay.
Is that not an ftdi cable? I'd buy a different one if the above isn't right.
Thx for the reply..