spyder

I am trying to get the damn heat shield off my exhaust manifold (or header, whatever the hell you want to call it), but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get that O2 sensor off. I have searched the archives to no avail, and I can't find my Haynes service manual. Thanks to the way the bolt is set, there's no room to get a wrench on it... Any suggestions?

DragII

unplug the electrical connector, then get a big **** wrench, and unscrew that bboy

spyder

but the bolt's at a really freaky angle, don't have a wrench with a big enough end and a short enough handle...

Gasoline Fumes

You could buy an O2 sensor socket. They have a slot for the wire to pass through.

hondachick81

okay..........I was wondering about this question too!!
But I was just gonna check my haynes manual.
I never have gotten around to doing it!!
still waiting for my exhaust to come ups......I hate the anticipation!!!
Besides, can't you take off the heat shield slightly so that you can get any wsize wrench around it?? i'm not really sure?

paulzy

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just unplug it from the connector side.
Take off the heat shield.
pull the heat shield off.
plug the o2 back in.

fatoldman7

What size wrench fits the o2 sensor, and how easy do they come out? I had the same problem last weekend. started putting my new headers on and got stuck at the o2 sensor. thought about taking the stock header off and then remove the o2 sensor, but was afraid it might not want to come out and I'd be stuck with no o2 sensor to plug into my new headers.