RE: ABS dashboard light

[Michael Spiers <michaels@greeley.sykes.com>]

>When I start my engine the ABS light in my dashboard is not visible.
>After 1 or 2 miles the light turns on. I presume this is wrong and
>therefore wonder if someone could tell me a reason to why this is
>happening?

Tim, my ABS experience is limitted to my '87 TQ, but I'll take a shot at
it anyhow.  I was having the same problem after having a CV boot
replaced.  The moron who replaced the boot tried for three days to get
the light to go out, never worked.  Eventually I fooled with the thing
myself, and got hte light to stay out.  Basically, your speed sensor is
out of spec.  Too close (less likely, and a good way to destroy the
sensor) or too far out (more likely.)  With mine it was easy to fix, I
knew which CV boot was replaced & guessed (correctly) that that was the
sensor out of whack.  I'd guess that you could put the car on a rack &
spin wheels (with the ignition on) 'till you got hte light & figure out
the out of spec sensor that way, but I don't know if that would actually
work or not...  Anyhow, you can get new plastic caps that take care of
the spacing b/t the sensor and the axel from any dealer (cheapest thing
you'll ever buy from a dealer!)  Good luck!

-Mike
MKSpiers@frii.com
MichaelS@greeley.sykes.com
'87 5kCS TQ (Fort Collins, Colorado)
'84 5kS (Boulder, Colorado)
'90 80 (Bethesda, Maryland)