Temp Switch Sender

[LieutenantCracker]

I've noticed, for some time now, that a component, located directly behind the right (passenger-side) bolt to the themostat housing (which I'm being told is the " Temperature Switch Sender ") looked damaged but, I noticed no ill effects so, I thought nothing of it. The other day my Chk Eng light came on-- I had the code read & it came back as the " Temp Sensor ".
One of the guys there said that it was obviously broken, as the plastic connector that should be on top, was broken-off / missing-- only a white putty-like substance remained, where the connector should have been. He showed me a brand new one which did, indeed have have a black plastic connector w/ two metal, male prongs on top / inside the connector. Seems like a simple enough repair (according to the [semi-reliable] Haynes manual) HOWEVER I can't seem to locate the female connector for it to plug in to(!) Where the heck could it be???!!!

Also (probably completely unrelated to the temp sensor), while looking in the area, I found that the connector directly behind the pwr steering reservoir (one yellow wire and one purple w/ pink-stripe) was disconnected. The female-end lead somewhere under the thermostat to another connector, and the male end ran into the tape-out & I can't tell where it went from there-- either to the leads to the coils & fuel injectors (prob not to there[?]) or to somewhere I can't see, between the pwr steering hose & the oil filter (can't jack the car up to get a better look at it, at the moment). I reconnected it, and found no change in the operation of the car.
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