Head temp sensor

[bluemm]

It looks like I have to remove my intake tubes and engine heat shields to replace my head temp sensor. Is there an easier way to do this? I have a 1975 914-4 with the 1.8.

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Yes, there is. First, spray the heck out of it with PB Blaster or Aero Kroyl. (WD-40 is not a penetrating oil and is not appropriate for this task.)

Second, use a deep 13mm socket. You can coil the wire up inside the bottom of the socket. An alternative is to take a 3" extension and grind one corner of the square end off. Take off enough to make a gap big enough for the wire, but not so much that you turn the square end into a triangle. You then slide the socket over the wire, and plug the extension into the socket with the wire sitting in the ground-off area.

Lots of prayer is still appropriate. If you strip the threads, then you get to take all the intake and engine tin off. And it's still a b*tch to drill the hole for the helicoil with the engine in place...

--DD