The auto parts shops want like $96 for this part. Fuck that, we had a friend go get this one from a Barry’s U-Pull-It junkyard, but apparently he didn’t realize the bolt mount brass insert hole support area was crumbling apart ☹️
Regardless, he had the sensor tested and it checked out good. But I can’t in any good faith install the part when the single bolt hole mount was about to literally fall out of it.
So, after about 3 hours of careful creativity, some super glue to secure the parts, JB Quik Weld as a filler for the missing plastic, careful filing, shaping and leveling of flat surfaces, and a zip tie around the whole thing to make sure as best as I can that the filler doesn’t break loose, and this is what I came up with.
I do hope this part still works after all the cleaning chemicals (Goof-Off and rubbing alcohol), super glue and epoxy, I do hope the part still works when I get to installing it tomorrow.
And yes, I also had to patch up cracks in the back side where the 3 wire harness comes out too. Assuming optimistically that the sensor still works, we’re already planning for this to be a temporary replacement until we can get a new one ordered online for like $20 or so, because fuck $96 for a damn sensor!
Edit: I got it installed this morning, and it works!
Guess what? I got it installed this morning, and it works!
One thing I didn’t mention about the repairs to the sensor was that after I thoroughly cleaned it, I also put it on a stovetop rack about 4 inches above our electric stovetop eye for about 15 minutes, dial set to somewhere between 3 and 4 on the heat scale, to evaporate any fluids that might have been in it, whether it be engine oil, water, or cleaning fluids such as Goof-Off or rubbing alcohol.
I’m damn sure glad I did too, because I surely didn’t want to glue/seal in any humidity of any sort in the process.
Still gonna need a proper new one eventually, but hey, the vehicle is back on the road now and cranks and starts just fine now 👍
Heck yeah! That’s always a good feeling.