Date:         Sun, 10 Feb 2013 09:28:16 -0800
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      another spade terminal question - syncro temp gauge sender
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One of the things that bugs me about VW engineering choices is the connection to the temp sender on the syncro. The sender is on the forward face of the t-stat housing assembly and is, in my opinion, in a spot which is exposed to some road splash and dirt. Rather than a rubber booted plastic connector (as in the temp II connector), the gauge sender has a disk shaped end and a spade connector is slid sideways on to it. I replaced a section of the wire and the connector a couple of years ago, the original was corroded, and I used a good quality (but not tyco as was referenced in an answer to Neil's connector queries) spade but the connection it makes is less than perfect.

Has anyone come up with a better way of making the wire to sender connection in this situation?

cheers

alistair