For my first repair, I wanted to start simple. I noticed that the outer layer on a wire in the engine bay had worn through. I do not know if this was the original routing, but I am suspicious because the wire had to bend quite sharply as it was installed. The image at right shows the bend, and the image below the damage to the wire.
For a very simple repair, I disconnected one end of the wire and applied a section of heat shrink tubing. I re-installed the wire holder at a different angle to give the wire a more relaxed bend. As I was finishing up and feel quite satisfied, I dropped the Philips screwdriver socket head into the engine bay! You would have thought it would be sitting right there, but after 30min of searching with fingers, a flashlight, curse words, and magnetic grabber, I still couldn't find it. Hopefully is lying on the side of the road somewhere by now...
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