knock sensor clips-huh?

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Jun 22, 2011 | 10:04 PM

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St. Jude Donor '05

knock sensor clips-huh?

Replacing both on the 5.3 (same as your guys LS1)

The white clip....how do you get this sucker off without breaking it?

Eyes arent that hot but think I can manage.

Thanks

Jun 22, 2011 | 10:07 PM

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You have to squeeze and pull, if they are very old your not saving them.

Jun 22, 2011 | 10:29 PM

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St. Jude Donor '05

Just looking for the right part to squeeze so I dont break it.

Other thing is how hard should I be pulling. Should it just pop right off Id think or more effort?

Im carless at this point so dont wanna fubar it.

Jun 23, 2011 | 04:58 AM

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Order a new one, they are cheap. Also check the sensors themselves, the get rusty and funky. The oil plugs at the bottom of the wells can also leak, I replaced it all when I had the intake off (oil plugs, sensors and the connector) but I had one sensor throwing codes before I started.

Click on the thumbnail in this post:
http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/parts-...r-harness.html
You'll see a closeup of the connector.

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Jun 23, 2011 | 12:22 PM

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Squeeze the longer sides toward each other and pull upward slightly. It will just pop off. You can use some long needle-nose pliers as well if you can't get your fingers down the in valley plate.

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Jun 23, 2011 | 12:35 PM

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St. Jude Donor '05

Thanks Jon I will give that a try.

Getting a harness isnt an option, on foot and its 4-5 mi to the nearest auto parts; may get called into work tonight and Im on vacation lol.
See how this goes.

Jun 23, 2011 | 01:49 PM

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St. Jude Donor '05

Grabbing the long ends like you said, further down with needle nose did the trick. Front one was a tad stubborn the rear came right off.

Course the rear was completely rotten. Front one looked like new

Thanks!!

now to finish porting the TB (intake is done) and throw it all back together.

Using the harness over contacts look good. Clean it and hold my breath.