Splicing NSF Brake Harness

[Fishman]

A helpful previous owner/mechanic has chopped the brake pad warning connection off, twisted the wires together and then sat in the house drinking tea thinking they've done a great job....

Well I'm wanting to replace the warning harness. I have the full Y cable that includes the ABS sensor wiring and a length of cable and grommets that pass through the inner wing.

The size of the 4 core cable is very small. Is a staggered soldered splice with each core with heat shrink and self amalgamating tape covering the whole joint good way of doing this?

Any other suggestions?

 

[Skipton01]

The genuine cable, when bought as a spare part from Audi, includes the pins to pop right into the multi-connector, or it always used to.

However, you can do a staggered solder job, using heat shrink ideally. Do it as far inside the engine bay as you can and make good with fabric loom tape, not electrical tape.