On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Neil > My Temp II sensor wires were all cracked and breaking, the connection from > wire to plug was poor, and the wires were just a little short causing them > to be kinda stressed. I went to a German Auto salvage and got another > couple of plugs for the sender...they seem common throughout the VW > line...Cut the wires with the plug on the end (at the junkyard) and then I > had room to make a good splice into my vehicle's wires... > No more problems with 'dicey' operation of my Temp II related > systems...Something about the wires on those plugs makes em get brittle and > crack the insulation...maybe the heat...seems fairly common that there are > connection issues at that sensor..Anyway, plugs like that are common > throughout the VW line. > Don Hanson >
Thanks Don. Should I go with the 2 wire type, I'll keep that in mind. Will likely stick with 4 wire sensor. Am curious to see if the temp gauge side of it works with my aftermarket Hastings temp gauge. (the somewhat kludgy way I installed the Hastings sensor makes me wonder when it will fail..... though I've got thousands of KM's on it)
http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/TempSenderFix2.jpg/TempSenderFix2-full;init:.jpg
http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/TempSenderFix4.jpg/TempSenderFix4-full.jpg
Neil.
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