50 replies to this topic

[gaffer1986]

Poo, that would have been too easy.

[quimbles]

i just cut the wire going to the front left wheel, then stuck some bullet connectors on it.... covered the wire with some cable tidy. 10 mins.

[gaffer1986]

So got round to doing it today:

 

Be careful unplugging this, you have to pull the side thingy out, also you need to push the side thingy in for it to go back in:

 

20151018_160704 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

[gaffer1986]

Then undo the wire wrapping, cut the yellow wire and take some insulation material off the wires.

 

20151018_161505 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[gaffer1986]

Fit bullet connectors:

 

20151018_165020 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

Test and find out that the ABS light stays off whether or not the bullet connectors are connected:

 

20151018_162622 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

Edited by gaffer1986, 18 October 2015 - 08:39 PM.

[gaffer1986]

Take it for a test drive and realise that it is the speedo wire you have cut. So cut the other yellow wire that is wrapped around the pink wire and add bullet connectors:

 

20151018_164530 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[gaffer1986]

Test and yay the ABS light stays on when bullet connectors are disconnected:

 

20151018_163650 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

Edited by gaffer1986, 18 October 2015 - 08:40 PM.

[gaffer1986]

Now put the wrapping back:

 

20151018_165020 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

 

20151018_162513 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

Edited by gaffer1986, 18 October 2015 - 08:37 PM.

[gaffer1986]

Add some insulation tape and leave disconnected until MOT time

 

20151018_165536 by Richard Fanders, on Flickr

[quimbles]

looks just like mine...   im no electician but i put some tape around the metal bit of the bullet.  i didnt know if it touched any other metal something odd might happen.

[gaffer1986]

Maybe, I doubt it has a strong enough current though. The bullet connector was already completely covered by red plastic, however some sticky tape can't do no harm

[scw02102]

did u notice much difference?

[gaffer1986]

Yeah, it was just what I was expecting though as I've run it without the abs fuse a few times.

[Baron Von Scubadaddy]

Much better without the ABS 

I would have been in the passenger seat of the car in front the other day on the westway after a serious braking move !!!!

Leave it off and just press the pedal !

 

[gaffer1986]

Agreed, the abs on these cars is hit and miss, sometimes it cuts in just enough when you need it and at other times it cuts in way too early just because you have gone over a slippery patch then you lose all most your braking.

[gaffer1986]

did u notice much difference?

 

Just gave it a good testing in the wet and have to say it's loads better. Still have to release the brake too far for my liking to correct a locked wheel though. Nearly have to come all the way off the brakes when it locks. Need pads that release better.

[scw02102]

I switched mine off and never switched it back on

Soo much better off

[gaffer1986]

Yeah I won't be turning it back on either, makes more of a difference in the wet.

[squarepant5]

if reading correctly; we have to put up with the abs light on the dash being constantly on when in off mode yes?

[ChippyFA]

Yes that's correct