Muddy Beast
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- WA
So I mistakenly pulled the knock sensor on my '88 XJ when I was trying to pull the temperature sensor (local shop said it was throwing a code for being bad) and now I want to make sure I re-install it correctly.
To get to the clips that hold the plug to the sensor I had to spin the sensor, which twisted the wire awkwardly. Once I got the sensor unplugged and out I noticed there was a loose silver wire with some sort of gold-looking tape wrapped around it (not insulated with rubber like normal wires) and it looked like it had been crimped/pinched on or around something but I'm not sure what (it was part of the same wiring loom). Where does this wire go, and what should I do about the gold-looking tape that's starting to unravel/fall off?
I'm really hoping it wasn't supposed to be part of the plug its self...
FWIW I searched, all I learned from that was to tighten the sucker down to 88ft/lbs and loc-tite it. Which explains why it took some muscle to get off.
To get to the clips that hold the plug to the sensor I had to spin the sensor, which twisted the wire awkwardly. Once I got the sensor unplugged and out I noticed there was a loose silver wire with some sort of gold-looking tape wrapped around it (not insulated with rubber like normal wires) and it looked like it had been crimped/pinched on or around something but I'm not sure what (it was part of the same wiring loom). Where does this wire go, and what should I do about the gold-looking tape that's starting to unravel/fall off?
I'm really hoping it wasn't supposed to be part of the plug its self...
FWIW I searched, all I learned from that was to tighten the sucker down to 88ft/lbs and loc-tite it. Which explains why it took some muscle to get off.