# Best way to remedy this broken wire?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [May 19, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685 "2008-05-19T08:38:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/1 "2008-05-19T08:38:00Z")
How would one go about fising this broken wire, short of getting a new connector??? My first thoughts were to try to solder a new wire to the connector, but I haven’t done too much soldering to know how realistic this is…
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/2 "2008-05-19T08:39:37Z")
can u pull the wire out of the connector a bit, then mabye solder it together?, or just get a new connector.
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/3 "2008-05-19T08:42:38Z")
> [@BuickGN](#):
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> can u pull the wire out of the connector a bit, then mabye solder it together?, or just get a new connector.
No, it’s in there quite snuggly. My last resort is to try to pick up a new connector…but before doing so was looking to see if anyone ran into an issue like this that had a quick and easy solution.
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### Author:  [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/4 "2008-05-19T08:44:01Z")
i wouldn’t even know how to solder something that small, there is barely anything sticking out.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/5 "2008-05-19T08:45:32Z")
easier to just get a new pigtail.
if you want to fix it, you pop the individual connection loose, and push it through. fish new wire through there, solder, pull pack, solder to the fusible link side, heat shrink it.
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/6 "2008-05-19T08:48:44Z")
> [@Nikuk](#):
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> easier to just get a new pigtail.
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> if you want to fix it, you pop the individual connection loose, and push it through. fish new wire through there, solder, pull pack, solder to the fusible link side, heat shrink it.
Yes it is the coil. I will give what you mentioned a try tonight, but it looked like it would be a bitch to get a new wire in there.
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/7 "2008-05-19T08:52:30Z")
it is a huge PITA, i’ve done it on an IAC plug before, which is “shorter” then what you’re dealing with.
Get a small awl, or even a long finishing nail.
Make sure you solder it well & use heat shrink tubing or tape it well, your solder joint is gonne get a lotta vibration there.
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### Author:  [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/8 "2008-05-19T09:02:21Z")
why cant you just re-pin it… or is that not a opt.?
i dont think solder is that way to go
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### Author:  [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/9 "2008-05-19T18:01:28Z")
> [@justa4door](#):
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> why cant you just re-pin it… or is that not a opt.?
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> i dont think solder is that way to go
Yeah this is really easy on honda connectors, maybe not so on ford?
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### Author:  [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/10 "2008-05-20T05:26:19Z")
def not so easy.
easiest will be to order or pick up a new pigtail.
50resto? scrapyard? etc…
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/11 "2008-05-20T08:51:38Z")
yea, new pigtail time. Not even worth the headaches in trying to fix that.
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### Author:  [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/12 "2008-05-20T08:58:38Z")
i’d just snag a plug with some useable wire on it from a junkyard, and solder it onto your existing harness wires… messing with that one is gonna end up being a PITA i’d imagine
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/13 "2008-05-20T09:29:14Z")
Oh, and don’t do what the prior person did to fix the wire. Those crimp terminals only work well INSIDE the car. Do a good solder then heatshrink job for stuff under the hood; otherwise the weather will get in there and eat things up.
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### Author:  [@Mike93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mike93)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2008, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-way-to-remedy-this-broken-wire/48685/14 "2008-05-20T10:30:54Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#):
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> i’d just snag a plug with some useable wire on it from a junkyard, and solder it onto your existing harness wires… messing with that one is gonna end up being a PITA i’d imagine
Found one on an Impala SS forum…in the mail right now:)
> [@97FormulaWS-6](#):
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> Oh, and don’t do what the prior person did to fix the wire. Those crimp terminals only work well INSIDE the car. Do a good solder then heatshrink job for stuff under the hood; otherwise the weather will get in there and eat things up.
Agreed.