[Rustang4.0]

So I bought a salvage mustang to fix up. It ran only one code C1165. Right rear wheel speed sensor. I changed the sensor. Did nothing. Checked fuses and battery for false positive. Nothing. Finally saw on one of these forums that it’s likely to be corroded wires on the car side of the plug. I checked and it was...
my problem now is that the corroded wire must have been ignored for a long time as it’s dust from a foot up the wire all the way down into the plug that connects the sensor. So I set out to replace the wiring. Ford and aftermarket venues all tell me the part doesn’t exist anymore. Ford can’t supply it and they told me to hard wire it. Which involves cutting the top off my brand new $80 sensor.... with the chance it still might not work. I need tips and tricks here guys... and what if the corroded wire goes further up and I need need wiring for it to even reach the sensor? What kind of wiring do I use? Thanks!

 

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So I bought a salvage mustang to fix up. It ran only one code C1165. Right rear wheel speed sensor. I changed the sensor. Did nothing. Checked fuses and battery for false positive. Nothing. Finally saw on one of these forums that it’s likely to be corroded wires on the car side of the plug. I checked and it was...
my problem now is that the corroded wire must have been ignored for a long time as it’s dust from a foot up the wire all the way down into the plug that connects the sensor. So I set out to replace the wiring. Ford and aftermarket venues all tell me the part doesn’t exist anymore. Ford can’t supply it and they told me to hard wire it. Which involves cutting the top off my brand new $80 sensor.... with the chance it still might not work. I need tips and tricks here guys... and what if the corroded wire goes further up and I need need wiring for it to even reach the sensor? What kind of wiring do I use? Thanks!

If it were mine, I would fix this in one of two ways:

Clip off the connector from the new sensor, then proceed with hard-wiring as far back as necessary, possibly replacing the entire conductors back to their source.

OR, get/make two pins sized appropriately to fit the new connector tightly, providing good connections, preferably copper or brass, to which I had crimped/soldered my new wires to the protruding ends of the pins. This assembly would be completely encased in RTV Silicone Rubber, and appropriately strain-relieved to prevent both breaking the seal, and/or separating the pins from the connector.

Either method would use stranded copper wire of no smaller than 18 gauge, and insulated with either THHN or THWN insulation, which has a high-temperature covering further encased in a nylon jacket.

 

[Rustang4.0]

So I bought a salvage mustang to fix up. It ran only one code C1165. Right rear wheel speed sensor. I changed the sensor. Did nothing. Checked fuses and battery for false positive. Nothing. Finally saw on one of these forums that it’s likely to be corroded wires on the car side of the plug. I checked and it was...
my problem now is that the corroded wire must have been ignored for a long time as it’s dust from a foot up the wire all the way down into the plug that connects the sensor. So I set out to replace the wiring. Ford and aftermarket venues all tell me the part doesn’t exist anymore. Ford can’t supply it and they told me to hard wire it. Which involves cutting the top off my brand new $80 sensor.... with the chance it still might not work. I need tips and tricks here guys... and what if the corroded wire goes further up and I need need wiring for it to even reach the sensor? What kind of wiring do I use? Thanks!

If it were mine, I would fix this in one of two ways:

Clip off the connector from the new sensor, then proceed with hard-wiring as far back as necessary, possibly replacing the entire conductors back to their source.

OR, get/make two pins sized appropriately to fit the new connector tightly, providing good connections, preferably copper or brass, to which I had crimped/soldered my new wires to the protruding ends of the pins. This assembly would be completely encased in RTV Silicone Rubber, and appropriately strain-relieved to prevent both breaking the seal, and/or separating the pins from the connector.

Either method would use stranded copper wire of no smaller than 18 gauge, and insulated with either THHN or THWN insulation, which has a high-temperature covering further encased in a nylon jacket.

So it’s just as simple as the striped wire to striped wire and red to red? And it should work? It’s only two wires. I’m nervous to waste my sensor fuckin it up. Lol this is my first build.