QUOTE(vsg914 @ May 25 2010, 09:57 AM)
I had a bad cht once that I could pull the wire taught and it would run great. Let the tension off the wire and it would die. I tied a string around it and tied the other end off to something, pulled it tight and drove it that way for several months before replacement.
you can oft re-solder teh broken wire usually breaks near the sendor. if insulation fails you can oft slip some sleeving over teh missing insulation. you may need to cut teh crimp on the sendor back a bit, use a fine hack saw blade.
after repair or when installing a new sendor, go ahead and add some extra shrink sleeve opver teh pigtail wire to the top os the sendor, shrink it down then add a second sleeve over that, this will act like a strain relief and prevent flexing of the pigtail at the sendor, (this is where the wire often breaks)
This fix can save you some money. I have repaired wires/or insulation on numerous sendors