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Old 07-04-16, 11:10 AM
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I got some for next to nothing when I went to wrecking yard and had them all in a bucket with a bunch of other stuff, they always pass on the small worthless looking stuff. Besides if no one gets things like that scrap value is not even a penny.
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Just thought I would come back and bring a little closure. Received my used Ebay rear passenger ABS sensor. Put it in and everything was fixed. I cut a small section(on the bad sensor) of the wiring covering about an inch from the sensor and found what seemed to be an "open" wire about two inches up from the sensor. At the point I gained access to the sensor, it ohmed out just fine. So looks like I managed to stretch the cable to the breaking point at some time during the strut replacement.
Potentially, I could have torn into the sensor on the car, ohmed it out and found out the sensor was okay, and then run new wires. Seems to me, the $36 was money well spent.
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Old 07-07-16, 04:38 PM
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I spent way less on all 4 sensors. And got lots of other small goodies too.
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Old 07-07-16, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dicer
I spent way less on all 4 sensors. And got lots of other small goodies too.
That would be because you technically stole them....

You're supposed to declare all the parts you've taken off cars.
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Old 07-08-16, 01:21 AM
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Ah sorry to disappoint you I don't steal. I have all the parts in a bucket and take out the big stuff, they were laid on the counter and may have been marked too I forget. And thanks for calling me a thief how thought full.
Oh and I open up my tool bag for inspection as well.
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Originally Posted by dicer
I spent way less on all 4 sensors. And got lots of other small goodies too.
So, you had four bad wheel sensors you needed to replace! What's the odds of that.
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Old 07-08-16, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by jaaa
So, you had four bad wheel sensors you needed to replace! What's the odds of that.
I get a crap load of spare parts, I get maybe 1 thing I need, all the rest is spare parts. And its so nice when I need something I usually have it on hand and don't have to wonder where I'm going to find one. On old cars its stupid not to have them. And since its now been 3 or more months since pick n pull has even had an LS I'm glad I got the parts. And I didn't have to pay an over priced Ebay price for them.

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Old 07-10-16, 07:57 AM
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My wife curbed one of the wheels on her '13 Challenger and ruined one of those sensors. Easy little boogers to tear up.
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