Well, the idea is to get full current along that wire to the starter. Any way you can accomplish that will work.

I would splice in a bit of new wire, solder the connections, and heat-shrink the solder joints.

 

If you get the connector, cut back 3-6". This is just in case.

Nothing wrong with this. Just check your work with a voltage meter. I have had some mishaps where the wire core broke off and had no voltage or resistance. And this of course was after heat shrink and install.

 

Of course Toyota told you to buy a whole new harness, SMH. I would just get a replacement connector pigtail from a junkyard and solder/splice it to your existing wires. If you don't want to go to a junkyard, Toyota might be able to get the connector, though, if you get the right guy/gal at the parts counter who's willing to look it up. It will help if you show him a photo of the connector. When he looks it up, he has several pages of diagrams of connectors, which is why the photo will help. I'd be willing to get one for you the next time I go to a junkyard, but the problem is that I'm not planning on going anytime soon.

 

Got it and all fixed. Junkyard had it and I knew the guy and it was on the house. Thanks everyone once again.

Got it and it's all fixed. Junkyard had a pigtail. Guy knew me from way back and it was on the house. Had it fixed in no time. Thanks again everyone.

 

It's hilarious what dealers want for wiring harnesses. Toyota wants $40 for terminal pin repair kits. Literally just a wire and a precrimped pin that locks in place of a pigtail connector or ecm connector etc. ?

 

Dealers just charge insane prices for everything... The dealer wanted like $700 for 4 coil packs for my matrix xrs... I bought oem spec off rock auto for... $100...

 

Here's one. I found that there's a subharness for the alternator to the fuse box. Dealer says, I have to buy the harness. I says, look again.

There's subharnesses, they just make more money selling the whole harness. I think it's like $1k

 

Here's one. I found that there's a subharness for the alternator to the fuse box. Dealer says, I have to buy the harness. I says, look again.

There's subharnesses, they just make more money selling the whole harness. I think it's like $1k

Yeah lol. Funniest I ever heard of was when fiber optics was first introduced in euro cars. We heard of accidents where if the brand new cars fiber optic cable was damaged - written off lol.