Date:         Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:52:29 -0500
Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2.1L WBX high pressure oil switch - removal
Comments: To: Richard Smith <richard_smith@gnwc.ca>
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Marr it!  Rough it up with a grinder and then use a large new sharp pair of
visegrips.


On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Richard Smith <richard_smith@gnwc.ca> wrote:

> At the risk of marring a socket, what about vice grips on the outside?
>
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> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 3:14 PM -0800, "Larry Alofs" <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
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> John,
>    Some times you have to make a "special tool".  If you were to shorten
> the deep socket by cutting some of it off, would it then be usable?  I
> don't think I had to go to such lengths when I did this job, but it was a
> long time ago.  It seems to me that I used a standard depth socket, but did
> not put it all the way onto the sensor.  Then by putting the rachet only
> part way into the socket, everything just barely worked.
>    Cutting a socket, of course is not easy.  Using a dremel takes a long
> time and many disks.  A larger tool with abrasive disk is faster, but you
> want to go slow to avoid heating the socket too much and softening the
> steel.  I recall cutting down a socket to get the crank pulley bolt off a
> SAAB 900.  Its engine is in there backwards with the crank pulley tight
> against the firewall.  What fun.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2015 at 5:03 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm still struggling with this. Coolant pump pulley has been removed.
> Deep
> > well socket to long, wom't fit in the space availabe;  standard socket to
> > short , the blade/male connector of the switch is to long, can't seat the
> > drive of the rachet.
> >
> > Whats the secret for removal?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon
> >
>