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[Webby the Bear]

Mate dropped his Renault Megane down for fixing. He had the codes for short circuit for his ABS drivers front.

Got the sensor off. After very careful inspection found a cut about half way down that when bi doubled it over revealed the wires inside touching.

Cut the bad out. Soldered it. Job done. Really must get some shrink tube though. My solderings getting much better too, I prefer the method where you twist to a point (as in the photo), solder, then flatten it down.

Thanks to everyone for their input 

[omega3000]

Nice one Cyril 

[Webby the Bear]

Nice one Cyril 

 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Well done, Mr Bear.

I would almost trust you to repair my MV6...........almost.

[Webby the Bear]

Well done, Mr Bear.

I would almost trust you to repair my MV6...........almost.

I wouldn't 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Well done, Mr Bear.

I would almost trust you to repair my MV6...........almost.

I wouldn't 

You must be better than that Mark DTM fella. He knows SFA about Omega.....

[TheBoy]

Clucking hell webby, get yourself some heatshrink and do that again

[Webby the Bear]

Clucking hell webby, get yourself some heatshrink and do that again

 

Wrapped each wire in tape. Then re-wrapped the whole thing in tape.

[aaronjb]

Tape lets water in ok, aside from self amalgamating tape.. and the water will corrode things slowly.

It's probably in a harsh environment if it's in the wheel well, but whether it'll be a problem in the rest of the life of the car? Anyones guess..

Personally I'd favour straight-line splices like these: http://www.instructables.com/id/Master-a-perfect-inline-wire-splice-everytime/
Slide the heat shrink on first (large for both cores, two smaller pieces for each core), solder it all up, liberally apply dielectric grease, heat shrink the individual cores then the whole thing together.  The heat shrink is also quite stiff which has the added advantage of stabilising the joint as you've introduced a fatigue point where the solder ends and wire strands start which is an important factor when you consider vibration and repeated movement..

Other than that - good that you found the fault and fixed it  just don't call yourself an auto electrician just yet well, actually.. I've seen worse so maybe you can!

[Webby the Bear]

Tape lets water in ok, aside from self amalgamating tape.. and the water will corrode things slowly.

It's probably in a harsh environment if it's in the wheel well, but whether it'll be a problem in the rest of the life of the car? Anyones guess..

Personally I'd favour straight-line splices like these: http://www.instructables.com/id/Master-a-perfect-inline-wire-splice-everytime/
Slide the heat shrink on first (large for both cores, two smaller pieces for each core), solder it all up, liberally apply dielectric grease, heat shrink the individual cores then the whole thing together.  The heat shrink is also quite stiff which has the added advantage of stabilising the joint as you've introduced a fatigue point where the solder ends and wire strands start which is an important factor when you consider vibration and repeated movement..

Other than that - good that you found the fault and fixed it  just don't call yourself an auto electrician just yet well, actually.. I've seen worse so maybe you can!

Wouldn't dream of it Aaron. I'm still learning as you all know