alright im doing a gauge swap in my 88 and i was about to do the coolant temp sensor. well one way or another i ended up taking out and breaking (it fell apart in my hands) a whole other deal.

heres a link and pic of what im dealing with.
first pic vvvvv
http://www.lunghd.com/Tech_Articles/...iagnostics.htm

on the left


it looks as if that wire it connects to leads allllll the way back up to the firewall. could i buy a new one and splice the wires or do i have to buy a whole new deal? im just lost on this one

 

anyone? i was able to plug it back in but now the metal prongs are exposed as compaired to being in that blue gel stuff.