Hondasxs
Club Founder
Staff member
I got her back up and running tonight! No CEL 
Thanks for your help @Hondasxs!
I must have lost quite a bit of wire as I had to remove a zip tire wire stay to make it reach easily. Reassembling the plug after soldering the wire onto the pins wasn't too bad except I had to remove some excess solder to make the pin fit back in plug.
Thanks for your help @Hondasxs! I must have lost quite a bit of wire as I had to remove a zip tire wire stay to make it reach easily. Reassembling the plug after soldering the wire onto the pins wasn't too bad except I had to remove some excess solder to make the pin fit back in plug.
Hondasxs
Club Founder
Staff member
no problem my friend.
Awesome you got it fixed. Dealer would have charged you $200+.
I should have asked for some pics of your work. Oh well. Maybe next time... but hopefully not.
Also, I may pull this info about the plug disassembly out, it would be helpful as its own post.
C-ya.
Awesome you got it fixed. Dealer would have charged you $200+.
I should have asked for some pics of your work. Oh well. Maybe next time... but hopefully not.
Also, I may pull this info about the plug disassembly out, it would be helpful as its own post.
C-ya.
Hondasxs
Club Founder
Staff member
Put some dielectric grease inside the plug and it and it will hold forever.
Post them here. It will be Thursday before I split it. maybe
Post them here. It will be Thursday before I split it. maybe
Its the IAT intake air temp sensor which is in the top of the air box towards the rear. I have no idea what might have caused the damage but I'm guessing a rodent or a rogue stick getting jammed up there somehow. The sensor and connecting wire stick straight up in the air so it would be really easy for something to get lodged between the frame and wire etc. I'll get some pictures tonight.
Here's a few pictures of my repair -
When I started, I noticed the check engine light flashing 9 times which led me to the IAT sensor. It is located on the top of the air box which you can access from the the rear passenger wheel well
Here's what my plug looked like. Literally no wire left on the backside of the plug.
Next, using @Hondasxs's advice I was able to dissasemble the plug by removing the grey spacer
Then removing the pins by holding down the pin catches with a small nail
Here's what the pins look like once removed
The seafoam green are weather grommets that seal the wire in the plug. There is a small metal ring holding the rubber grommet seals in place. You can unwrap them using small need nose pliers or your finger nails. The grommets literally just slide on the wire.
Next you need to remove as much wire as possible to install the new wire. I was unable to undue the crimp so I planned on just soldering new wire on top of the old crimp.
This next part gets a little tricky if you don't have any extra hands. I stripped the remaining wire about 3/8" to use to reconnect to the pin. I slid in some of the stripped wire into the pin housing. I then soldered the wire on top of the old crimp location. It looks like this
To finish up, slowly insert your new pins into the plug. They should go into place rather easily. If there's any resistance, you may need to file off some extra solder or simply squeeze it with some pliers. Once you put the gray space back over top the pins you are good to go!
All props go to @Hondasxs for the technical know-how. I'm just sharing my tid bits and pictures.
When I started, I noticed the check engine light flashing 9 times which led me to the IAT sensor. It is located on the top of the air box which you can access from the the rear passenger wheel well
Here's what my plug looked like. Literally no wire left on the backside of the plug.
Next, using @Hondasxs's advice I was able to dissasemble the plug by removing the grey spacer
Then removing the pins by holding down the pin catches with a small nail
Here's what the pins look like once removed
The seafoam green are weather grommets that seal the wire in the plug. There is a small metal ring holding the rubber grommet seals in place. You can unwrap them using small need nose pliers or your finger nails. The grommets literally just slide on the wire.
Next you need to remove as much wire as possible to install the new wire. I was unable to undue the crimp so I planned on just soldering new wire on top of the old crimp.
This next part gets a little tricky if you don't have any extra hands. I stripped the remaining wire about 3/8" to use to reconnect to the pin. I slid in some of the stripped wire into the pin housing. I then soldered the wire on top of the old crimp location. It looks like this
To finish up, slowly insert your new pins into the plug. They should go into place rather easily. If there's any resistance, you may need to file off some extra solder or simply squeeze it with some pliers. Once you put the gray space back over top the pins you are good to go!
All props go to @Hondasxs for the technical know-how. I'm just sharing my tid bits and pictures.
Smitty335
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We have a cabin in the woods that we leave a tractor at, one week end went to use tractor no go. Rewired it and now we leave rat bait in, on it no more issues. I do this in my shop also. Gotta be pretty hungry to eat wire! HA!
