I had a water pump go out on my 92 350/A/T. The thermostat was also stuck open, so I decided to pull off the throttle body to clean it and replace the thermostat in addition to the pump. I just barely lifted the retaining tab on the wire connector to the TPS and it broke off. The rest of the plug is intact, but the plastic is very, very brittle. I was very careful with the other 4 wire plug going into the throttle body, but the retaining clip broke off the minute I touched it.

Can you replace the ends without cutting any wires? I could just plug them both back in, they seemed tight but there's no retaining clip to hold them in. As brittle as the plastic is the clip surely wasn't holding anything in the first place or it would already be broken.

 

you can buy replacement packard electrical connectors or just goto a junk yard and get some. You will need a lisle or delphi removal tool.


http://www.amazon.com/Lisle-56500-Te.../dp/B0009OR906

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Delphi-Weath...6ab8eb&vxp=mtr

 

http://www.corsa-technic.com/categor...category_id=83

or mouser.com

 

Probably not so, it wouldn't be load bearing, but it would stop the terminals from slowly backing out over time from vibration. As for not cutting, you could buy a complete harness, but that's it. Break out the soldering iron and heat shrink tubing, and do it right. Shouldn't take more the 15 minutes including the warm up time for a cheap iron.