[s-cars] Pad Sensor Purgatory

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Bob,
Here's my extensive writeup on fixing them there
sensors and getting rid of that light.

(01) Buy beer
(02) Remove front wheel lug bolts
(03) Drink beer
(03) Quit trying so hard and jack up car first
(04) Remove wheels
(05) Have another one, it's okay
(06) See that wire that runs from the sensor up into
the fender?  Cut it.
(07) Take beer break, you're almost breaking a sweat
here.
(08) Strip ends of wire and twist together.
(09) Use copious amounts of electrical tape,
preferably matching color of front UberCalipers, to
cover up your hackjob
(10) Put anti-seize on wheel hub (hehehe, I can hear
it now, Torsenboy) and torque wheel lugs to 90 ft-lb.
DO NOT USE A/S ON LUG THREADS.  Bad sh!t happens,
trust me.
(11) Lather, rinse and repeat on other side of car.
(12) Start car and enjoy lack of annoyingass orange
idiot light

These ain't problems, Eagle, they're just the
necessary proverbial sand in the a$s nuisances of
owning one of them nuce furrin' cars.

Joe

--- "Robert F. Eagleye" <rfeagleye at thornhillcpa.com>
wrote:
> After installing an ECS Stage 2 brake kit on my car,
> I have been trying for
> a few weeks to figure out why the Pad Sensor light
> is always on.
>
> At first I had the lines cut and wired together
> (after the plug). It worked
> for a while, but at some point my car decided it
> didn't like that, and the
> light came on. I tried to tie them together again to
> fix the problem, but it
> didn't work. I then spliced in the sensors for the
> pads, which I had on hand
> but didn't use them originally because we ran out of
> time when installing
> the brakes. This also didn't help, the light is
> still on.
>
> So, is there a fuse, relay, or a good pair of wire
> cutters I should know
> about that can turn the sensor off for good? I
> wanted to make it work like
> it should, but now I just want the light off!
>
> Robert F. Eagleye
> 1992 S4 - a new problem every week
>
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