mcerd1
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 10:20 AM |
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OT: ford IB5 gearbox - speed sensor
Now I've got the gearbox out of the tin-top I thought it would be a good time to sort the speed sensor thats been acting up....
after 30min I managed to get the wee metal pin out, but the sensor won't come out - its moving a round a little and I can twist it a few deg.
either way quite easily, but it won't pull out for anything 
I was lead to believe that it should just be pushed in with an o-ring to seal it...
is there any special way of getting these out ?
[Edited on 31/5/2011 by mcerd1]
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Hector.Brocklebank
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 10:29 AM |
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Big Hammer !!!!!
Or can you get a pair of vice grips on it and use the grips as a leverage point between it and the box to try and ease the unit outta the hole.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 10:31 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hector.Brocklebank
Or can you get a pair of vice grips on it and use the grips as a leverage point between it and the box to try and ease the unit outta the hole.
tried that one last night 
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Hector.Brocklebank
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 01:31 PM |
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Revert to my first suggestion then....
sorry no help i know, laugh or you will cry 
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mcerd1
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 03:07 PM |
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its coming to that....
I was just hoping there was some trick I was missing - wishful thinking I guess
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RichN
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 05:35 PM |
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I believe the you have to unscrew it. I did on a Fiesta when I needed a spare for my RIOT. I don't remember removing any pin.
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mcerd1
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| posted on 31/5/11 at 08:56 PM |
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its definatly just a push-in, with a small steel pin/clip pushed into the side to hold it
and its out  in the end it took 2 of us with grips, screwdrivers and brut force - it was just full of muck
can't imagine how I''d have got it out with the box sill in the car though
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