Re: Speed distance sensor warning

From: Dustin Williams (dustinewilliams@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jun 12 2009 - 00:00:32 EDT


I just remembered that when I thought mine was bad the auto parts
store told me that in Washington those can only be serviced by a state
licenced shop, of which there were only three in the south sound. If
you do need to replace it you may need to head over to Idaho if you
wanted one local.

On Jun 11, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Matt Beazer <teseract@moparhowto.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Warning to those of you who consider buying a speed/distance sensor
> from Rock auto -- the Airtex part they have listed is the one for a
> newer vehicle with the new style connector (the one with the orange
> locking tab), not the old type on the older trucks like my '95 -- it
> comes with a wiring pigtail and some heat shrink tubing, I guess
> they expect you to hack your old connector off and solder in a new
> one under the vehicle with hot solder dropping in your lap!
>
> I think I'll just pull the o-ring since mine works fine and keep the
> new sensor for when one goes out on my '98 Neon or '98 Voyager...
>
> MattB
>



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