Tim laments:

>worse. And to add to it, I tore upthe sender ring on the spark plug, thus I

and...

>headtemp sender but they don't carry them. . The technician suggest soldering
>the ring back together. Well it just so happened I had this brand new torch,

The sender will work fine, even if torn. Mine is. Just bent it back
halfway into shape, didn't solder,  and it still gives the same reading on
the gauge.

Sami