ABS faults are often to do with the sensors. Iron dust from the brakes can get attracted to the magnets, wires can crack, reluctor rings (AKA "tone-wheels") can fracture or come loose, connector plugs can corrode. It is possible to repair cracked tone-wheels in spite of what official channels may say. One just brazes-up the split with Sifbronze. As this is non-magnetic it doesn't really matter if the entire tooth gap is filled. Re-fitting involves removing the rust on the shaft and ring with emery paper then gluing the ring in place with anaerobic sealant then painting the tone-wheel with anti-corrosive paint. Such a repair is not really a bodge as it will normally outlast the car.
On some cars the ABS control box has a resiliently mounted circuit board inside. Unfortunately this resiliently mounted board may be soldered to rigid pins. The result is that after several years dry-joints can occur. Sometimes the cars Owners Club may advise on how to hole-saw the control box and re-solder the dry-jointed pins.
Note that with most control boxes on cars the golden rule of computing still applies. The rule is RUBBISH IN = RUBBISH OUT This is certainly the case with MAF sensors as the "brain" has no idea that it is being fed with duff-gen when dust burns on to the hot wire.
Good luck!
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