getting the oil pressure sensor out

seisephiroth · Post by **seisephiroth** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:19 pm

i need help getting this thing out , so i can put my sender in. whats the best way to go. over the engine under the engine, take off the exhaust mani, remove the drive axle. what is the best way to aproch it?

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:28 pm

I went from the top of the motor, my advice, go to autozone and get an oil pressure sender socket, make things ten times easier. I tried with and without, save yourself a bad headache. Your go probably go from under the car if you had it jacked up but it can be hard to get around the steering rack.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:03 pm

I had to do both, but it was probably because I not only had to take the sender out, I installed a brass T-fitting so my dummy light still works, as well as my oil pressure gauge. I will say this, taking the battery and tray out will give you much more room to stuff your arm back there.

Best bet is to put the front on ramps. I probably wouldn't have been able to do much without that. MOST of the work I did was from underneath.

Pulling your passenger side axle will make things... dare I say it... simple. I chose not to do this myself however because then I couldn't put the car on ramps. Whatever way you do it, you're gonna come out pretty scratched up!

For the socket, either get the special sender socket or get a deep 24mm and use that. I used the 24mm because I already had it and it worked fine.

turbodudey · Post by **turbodudey** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:28 pm

I used an 1 1/8 deep socket (six point) and a really long extention. (like 3 feet long) Made it really easy to reach from under the car...

Post by **Diablo0** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:32 pm

I went from under the car, it's a tight fit but I got it. For the few bucks that it costs just pickup an oil pressure sender socket from Autozone or wherever and use it... it'll save you a big headache like FTWNeon said

seisephiroth · Post by **seisephiroth** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:56 am

thanks guys we'll see what happens tomarrow

seisephiroth · Post by **seisephiroth** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:13 pm

bought socket damn that thing is big

neon12sec · Post by **neon12sec** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:01 pm

when i put my oil pressusre gauge in i took the rack and pinion out of the car.

seisephiroth · Post by **seisephiroth** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:14 am

yea well i don't have the equipment to do that

Post by **jonnymopar** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:08 am

neon12sec wrote:when i put my oil pressusre gauge in i took the rack and pinion out of the car.

Is that the only reason you took it out? I would think that taking the passenger side axle out would be much easier than taking the whole rack out. That would free up about the same amount of space.

neon12sec · Post by **neon12sec** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:18 pm

no i had the rack out to change the sterring ratio.

MoparNeonMan · Post by **MoparNeonMan** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:54 pm

Did u use the shadow rack? How hard was the swap as a whole?