I have a 1998 D1 that I just had the brakes done on and now the ABS light won't go off, any ideas??
98 Discovery 1 with ABS light.
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crawl under disco
find sensor (it is a round tube at the top of the hub, not on the brake caliper), it has a black tube coming out from it that holds the wires that go back to the abs unit under the hood. You should only have two flexible tubey things leaving the brake area... the brake hydraulic line and the abs wire.
push down on the sensor until it stops moving. next time the disco gets driven, the sensors will be moved to have the proper gap.
if you still have the light on, do a search for "paper clip abs troubleshooting"; not sure if the 1998 model has this troubleshooting "interface".
find sensor (it is a round tube at the top of the hub, not on the brake caliper), it has a black tube coming out from it that holds the wires that go back to the abs unit under the hood. You should only have two flexible tubey things leaving the brake area... the brake hydraulic line and the abs wire.
push down on the sensor until it stops moving. next time the disco gets driven, the sensors will be moved to have the proper gap.
if you still have the light on, do a search for "paper clip abs troubleshooting"; not sure if the 1998 model has this troubleshooting "interface".
if they're the ones that did your brakes, let them know you think they broked your front sensors (or rather, they broke the wiring harness to the sensors). Maybe they'll replace them for free!
If not, you could always get a multimeter, unplug the abs wire plug in the engine bay, hook up the multimeter and check the resistance.
fiddle with the abs wire near the sensor until the wire doesn't show infinite resistance.
wire-tie the cable in that position in a manner such that axle articulation and so on will not affect the cable.
repeat as needed on each wheel sensor that's bad. remember to re-plug in the abs sensors in the engine bay.
Or you could do what most others do... pull the abs fuse, pull the abs lamp, or just ignore it.
If not, you could always get a multimeter, unplug the abs wire plug in the engine bay, hook up the multimeter and check the resistance.
fiddle with the abs wire near the sensor until the wire doesn't show infinite resistance.
wire-tie the cable in that position in a manner such that axle articulation and so on will not affect the cable.
repeat as needed on each wheel sensor that's bad. remember to re-plug in the abs sensors in the engine bay.
Or you could do what most others do... pull the abs fuse, pull the abs lamp, or just ignore it.
X2 on pulling the fuse. I got tired of dealing with my ABS issue and just pulled the fuse. Brakes work better without the ABS.
They must be smokin the crack that the RRS customers are selling!
Pulled my fuse and light 8 years ago and haven't looked back.... easier to drive on gravel or mud and safer in my opinion.
I will have to admit that my ABS saved a guys life once. Wet roads, early morning, and guy blows a stop sign from the right. I would have caught him right in his doors and he would have got to meet my RTE bumper....literally. Anti-locks kicked in and I was able to steer right and go behind him instead of straight into him. I was travelling approx. 45 mph and it would have been ugly.
I HATE anti-locks on snow though. They will not let you stop when you need to on ice.
I HATE anti-locks on snow though. They will not let you stop when you need to on ice.
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I wonder about people like that...do they ever think through what these bumpers will do to them when they pull out? My ARB reminds me of a cowcatcher, and I know the woman in the Saturn yesterday had to see it as I ran up on her after she pulled out.d1driver said:
I know the lady the was driving her Chevy Trailblazer didn't like my front bumper when she made a left in front of me. I took out the whole front left fender/hood/grill/bumper and pushed it back about a foot.... I Only got a small scratch or two in the paint of my bumper. The Trooper thought it was kind of funny. If I had ABS I might have stopped, but she didn't so it wouldn't have mattered.
So let me get this straight (because my ABS is funky - sometimes workings sometimes not) - if I just pull the fuse, I still have brakes, I just don't have anti-lock brakes?
yes.jdeluke137 said:
I do it every time I leave pavement.
That said, it is neither difficult nor expensive to keep your ABS working.
And it just might save somebody's ass one day (most likely, yours - in case if you hit somebody and it appears that you've had disabled a safety system in your vehicle).
After hitting 2 deer and rolling my Disco and walking away the ABS light will alway glow....until that little bulb burns out.
you can also do a blink test and it will point you to where the fault is, but easier to just pull the fuse. i replaced the brass bushings the front sensors seat in and that fixed mine.