Rodents chewed my speed sensor wire...how hard is to replace?

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  1. J wil

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    Hello everyone… It appears that rodents have chewed my speed sensor wire and I need to replace it it’s on the front left wheel. My local Toyota dealer has quoted me $630 out the door. I am a level three out of five mechanic… So I’m pretty good at stuff how hard is it to replace this wire myself?
     
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    The harness is 90-$120. I have no idea what has to be taken apart to access connectors, but $650 seems high. Can the sensor wires be repaired in situ?
     
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    Have you had a good look, determined how much and where it it is chewed up? If it's an inch or two damage, accessible, I would just cut out the damaged area, splice in new wire of the same gauge, wrap it securely. Stagger your splices to avoid possible shorts.

    Jury's out regarding crimping-vs-soldered, which is more secure, but just for neatness I'd be inclined to solder, intermeshing the strands and ensuring the wires are well heated, flow the solder on.
     
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    The toyota service manager stated that i could do it myself...but they need to do the calibration to the computer. Does this sound correct? Or did i just buy blinker fluid?
     
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    They are doing the job tomorrow. Ive got time. If i do the “wire splice” option myself. How would i clear all of the dash lights? How would i get the pcs to realize it was fixed and now communicating? Reeboot?

    Btw. Thanks to you all for your help on this! Happy holindaze!
     
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    Who’s that guy in the avatar:whistle:?

    Hope you saw him before it was too late:eek:.

    A canucks fan if nothing else (y).
     
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    Someone asked me to clean the lens on their back up camera, and you see what happens...
     
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    Looks clean:).

    Wonder how bad it was before, or maybe we don’t want too:oops:.

    Job well done(y).
     
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