i have an 88 5.0 tbi firebird. i just put on my new headers (PITA!) and noticed i broke an electical connector/sensor on the passenger side. it's right below the headers near the far back sparkplug. i'm not sure what it is for. the guy at pep boys had no idea what it was. anybody know what it is and is it safe to drive till i get a new one???

 

Does it look like this?

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/att...&postid=624181

If so, that's the temperature switch that turns on your cooling fan. If this is what you broke, I'd be very careful about driving without it hooked up, as your car can overheat easily.

Did you break the electical connector that is attached to the wire, or the switch/sensor itself?

The other thing you may have broken would be the knock sensor, which looks more like a metal can.

Even if the guy at Pep Boys doesn't have a clue (but really, how often does that happen), they more than likely carry replacement connectors. Every one that I have been to has them. They keep them on the shelf, near the "HELP" section. The fan switch connector is sold as an "a/c compressor pigtail". I don't remember the part number, but that should help you find it in the book-on-a-string.

 

the wire itself is fine but i destroyed the rest of it. thanks alot, looks like i better get to the store.