Thread: I'm sure this is cause of 4 amigos...but what is it??

that would be the abs wire i would think and definate cause of amigoes.
one for the mechanic i would suggest, unless you can rejoin them with gaffa tape!

These are the ABS sensor wires that have been damaged - hence amigoes. In the picture you can see the other ends still attached to the abs. You will need to put some heat shrink on each of the wires to cover the solder joints, then solder them to wires from the sensor to get continuity, then shrink the heat shrink for insulation and remove (real) fault lights!!

Originally Posted by bsperka

These are the ABS sensor wires that have been damaged - hence amigoes. In the picture you can see the other ends still attached to the abs. You will need to put some heat shrink on each of the wires to cover the solder joints, then solder them to wires from the sensor to get continuity, then shrink the heat shrink for insulation and remove (real) fault lights!!

Thanks for that but I am pretty clueless when it comes to stuff like solder or what heat shrink even means . I'm guessing I will have to take Yorkies advice and see my mechanic. As it is just the wire any idea if that is exxy or not? Or maybe even the mechanic my do what has been suggested in this post? Thanks for the advice/ feedback folks ,

Regards

Stevo

goto an auto eleccy rather than a mechanic... should take about 20 minutes to sort it once hes thrown the MK I's at it. oh and thats the wires to the ABS sensor, which is the bit that "reads" the tone ring in the brakes and translates it into a series of pulses so that the cars computer can work out a, the wheel speed and B the vehicle speed. (you may find that your speedo reading is a little flakey with it missing)

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

goto an auto eleccy rather than a mechanic... should take about 20 minutes to sort it once hes thrown the MK I's at it. oh and thats the wires to the ABS sensor, which is the bit that "reads" the tone ring in the brakes and translates it into a series of pulses so that the cars computer can work out a, the wheel speed and B the vehicle speed. (you may find that your speedo reading is a little flakey with it missing)

Thanks for that ( and explaining what a MK1 was ). So would you average auto eleccy have on hand an ABS Sensor for Smokey? Thanks,

Regards

Stevo

Stevo,
I've had the exact same problem.
Get your auto sparkie to join the cables using a crimp type joiner (the wires do not take solder, even with Baker's flux), then seal with epoxy lined heatshrink.
This should take about ten minutes.

nope but then neither would most mechanics.

an auto leccy should have on hand what was needed to correctly solder the wires together. MK I's is military slang for your eyes, as in; device observational MK I, eyeball

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

goto an auto eleccy rather than a mechanic... should take about 20 minutes to sort it once hes thrown the MK I's at it. oh and thats the wires to the ABS sensor, which is the bit that "reads" the tone ring in the brakes and translates it into a series of pulses so that the cars computer can work out a, the wheel speed and B the vehicle speed. (you may find that your speedo reading is a little flakey with it missing)

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The abs hasn't got anything to do with the speedo in most cars; can't see relationship bwung there in lr either.The sensor is just a square wave creator to tell the abs computer what speed each wheel is doing, isn't it?