Water temperature sensor

[Jason B 1973]

Hello All. I am having a Heck of a time removing my water temperature sensor on my 93 Foxbody. Does anyone have ANY tips on removing the sensor WITHOUT breaking the side holders?

 

[Bullitt347]

"Side Holders" ???
Picture of what you are describing as "side holders" please.

 

[AeroCoupe]

The sensor itself or removing the connector from the wiring harness to connected to the sensor?

 

[AeroCoupe]

About the two minute mark on this video.


View: https://youtu.be/C-zFrPECYnk?feature=shared

 

[Jason B 1973]

"Side Holders" ???
Picture of what you are describing as "side holders" please.

 

[Jason B 1973]

The sensor itself or removing the connector from the wiring harness to connected to the sensor?

The sensor itself. The above video didn’t help.

 

[AeroCoupe]

Mine just removes with a deep well socket of the appropriate size.

 

[Jason B 1973]

The sensor itself. The above video didn’t help.

Finally removed it with the help of My 10 year old son(small fingers help out ALOT). What is the correct way to remove by yourself?

 

[Jason B 1973]

Now that have removed the connector. What is the part #?

 

[Mustang5L5]

The original coolant temp sensor is no longer available from Ford, so they provide the later style sensor with a new wiring pigtail to splice on

Motorcraft DY1145

If oyu want something you can use with existing harness, try a Four Seasons 36407, or a GPD 1711355 sensor.

 

[85GTStangGuy]

Pretty sure there's a ct in post #8 somewhere....