Wire Broke Off Of Connector

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Jessekrs123
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Wire Broke Off Of Connector

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Tooling around the other day with my car to get it started (unplug coolant temp sensor, put in resistor) one of the wires that go into the plug snapped. :x

It broke off pretty close to the connector, and I managed to successfully solder it back into place for now, but it is certainly not a strong fix.

I was wondering, should I get a whole new connector + lengths of wire to splice into the harness wires, or should I just get a new pin for the broken one?

And I just realized that I should have posted this in the electrical section, sorry.
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Re: Wire Broke Off Of Connector

Post by Legacy777 »

If you're doing the resistor thing on a regular basis, I would wire in a relay switch of some sorts that you can enable/disable from the cabin with a toggle switch. That will keep you from connecting/disconnecting old brittle wiring/connectors.

It wouldn't hurt to get a new connector with some length of wire to connect things back up.
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