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holy sh!t
I just did the equivalent of pulling a bowling ball out of my b^tt, I just did the driver side knock sensor it took 4 hours... Its easy to get the sensor unbolted but its really a pain to get rewired and then bolted back up. One hint use a fish line to rewire the knock sensor...
the real problem is that my hand was large enough that I could not directly touch the darn thing.. And yes I had pulled the alternator.. tr ps. I almost wonder if it would be easier, but more costly to pull the intake on the darn thing |
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Easy Pie!........
Be thankful it wasn't that easy! Mine was real easy to get at......after the engine was removed, AND the engine was apart..........TO REPAIR A BLOWN HEAD GASKET! Cost for basic head gasket repair..OVER $2300 !!!
good job bro! P.S. Starting to...... FEEL BETTER !?
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I feel your pain. It took 2 hours for both sensors on mine...and that was with 2 people.
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I take it, from your opening statement, that it would be easier getting the bowling ball in there than taking it out?
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going in or out its going to be painful
I was a little pooped (pardon the pun) and frustrated when I posted this, so I hope I didn't offend anybody. Beav, I don't know what to say!
I hate to say it but I'm selling my svx, my wife is 6'2" and its not a good fit for her and I have two young kids so even though they fit ok its a workout putting them into their car seats... All I have to say about this forum is good things and I'll recommended it highly to anybody that I see driving an svx! May the force be with you and god bless all of you! tr ps btw I bought a 92 lexus ls 400 with 74k miles and it looks untouched, I paid 9k for it, the exact same price I paid for my 94 svx! |
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What color is it? I am trying to update the records.
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its a redhead
its a red 94 l awd! with 92k miles, darn wife!
tr |
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its a fwd not awd!!!
man I screwed that up!
tr |
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I have the workshop manual OK, but having done this job, and a few other fiddly ones on the SVX, I reckon it needs rewriting with a gynaecological chapter for certain jobs.
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I can't remember whose write up it was, but if you remove the alt, and then shift the engine lift bracket (that holds the A/C) out of the way towards teh battery, it becomes really easy to do.
I think i managed to change the drivers side knock sensor in about 45 minutes with a couple people lending a hand here and there.
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with extra hands things do become easier!
yea I should have had somebody else helping.. somebody with real small hands!
tr |
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That's about how long it took me.
I figure changing the one on the rhs is way easier than the lhs one, which is buried under. Both are do-able, so that's a positive. Just takes time. And small fingers" Joe
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