EASY fix!
The CTS is about $20, the connector is about $25.
The connector comes with the wire splices. All you need is a crimping tool and a heat gun.
A crimping tool can be bought (a cheap one that will do the trick) for $10
A heat gun can be bought for about $30, but a cigarette lighter can be bought for 39¢.
Cut the wires, put them into the splices, crimp the splices and then heat them until the heat shrink tubing shrinks.
Then, if a code is set in the computer, you need to reset it.
Either use a code grabber to reset it, or do it the poor man's way: Disconnect the battery for 10 minutes.
Voila! Fixed.
Hi all,
> My saturn(97 SL2 120K miles) has a faulty CTS and connector. The
> dealer quoted approx. $200 to fix this, which seems a bit too
> expensive to me. I was wondering whether this is something that I
> could fix by myself. The haynes manual was not very helpful. (My
> saturn also has trouble starting every now and then..I need to crank
> the engine couple of seconds to start. I suspect the culprit is the
> faulty CTS but I am not sure.)
> Any ideas out there?
> thanks,
> Mike