**wisemen**Wire came out of temp sending plug....need help with fix

[91tizzy]

The green/yellow wire leading to the harness plug that goes onto the tempertature sensor at the thermostat housing has come off or simply broke from being old and brittle. Can I somehow strip the wire back and reconnect it in the plug....is the process similar to "de-pinning". My o2 sensor has been doing some crazy things lately and Im thinking this may be the answer....wither way I need to fix this and need advise cause Im not a electrical wiz by any means.

 

[knochgoon24]

The temperature senders are pretty cheap (<$20). Just get a new one.

 

[Freeze]

i just went to a junk yard and got one off a non turbo works great and it isn't corroded at all!

 

[steve]

Almost any hardware store carries crimp connectors that will fit on the coolant temp sensor. The hard part may be stripping the wire back and crimping the new connector on because of the limited room to work.

 

[steve-o_95_GST]

Almost any hardware store carries crimp connectors that will fit on the coolant temp sensor. The hard part may be stripping the wire back and crimping the new connector on because of the limited room to work.

I had to do this to mine. I just got crimp on female spade connectors from walmart that were the closest match to the one I pulled out of the plug. Stripping the wires was the hardest part, as the coating turned into a hard plastic and broke if I bent it too far. I ended up cutting the wires back before they made the turn to the sensor, soldered in a 3'' length of wire, crimped on the spade connectors, then inserted them into the plug. This is best way to do it IMO. That way you are sure that they wont break again.

 

[91tizzy]

appreciate the responses...i ended up just depinning the wires out of the female plug on the harness side and strippied it back and used the factory little spade guys and ghetto crimped it that way....seems to be working for now till i can find one in a yard as that would be the favorable option for me.