wassup guys, I jus tried changing my knock sensor and couldnt. I kept trying and i got the wrench on it and nothing at all. My hand were swollen and bleeding. I jus got frustrated and left it. I wanted to kno if anyone out there can change it for me. Im located in Queens, New York

 

i forget exactly how i did it...but its not as bad as you may think. take out your intake set up from the throttle body, and it will give you a ton more space to work in there.

 

yeah I took out the intake and i stuck my left hand in there and it went in besides scratches all on my hand. I used a 12mm wrench and got it on but i couldnt turn it bc I didnt have enough force. I used my lil sister to put her hands in there and they went in perfect but of course she doesnt have strength to turn it either. After keep tryignt o turn it and blood on my hands I jus left.

 

If you have the right tools it should be a fairly bloodless repair. If you have to buy the right tools do so. Mine went fairly easy and I did not have to remove the intake or much of anything else.

 

i used electrical tape on the bolt head with a wobble joint and extenion, got theknock sensor positioned gently got the bolt in the hole and screwed..gently for real though thats how i did it.

 

^^ damn wish i was in atlanta rite now, ask u to help me out. The way my hand is hurtin me right now i feel like punchin my max.

 

It was hard for me to torque that bolt also, so I just sprayed some WD-40 on the bolt and then went back to work on it.

 

i changed mines about two weeks ago it took about 30 minutes from start to finish. i used a long extension about 10-12in. and one of those wobble joints. i have a CAI and i didnt have to take that out.

 

I already give up on it, Thats y if anyone out in new york queens plz send me a pm if u can change ti for me

 

You need one of these!

 

yea thats my neighbor

after seeing the size of the opening i didnt even bother trying myself. nor should you.

she got her hand in there no problem and was able to use my short ratchet to undo the bolt initially as well as thread the new ks on. whole thing took 20 mins.

 

i got my big *** hand in there and changed the KS in 6min. But extension and universal joint is the key. But the neighbor option has so many more posibilites

 

so far, I did 3 KS changes.. quite easy ...

one tip... change KS only when the engine is cold/cool...
unfortunately, I learn the hard way... all 3 time

 

... owned...

 

lol yea i do need a neighbor, its bad that all my other neighbors have big hands.