Tony Pearson Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hi Was after some advice on best way to get a temp sender out the head of my M8 the sender has gone fault but I can't get it out the head anyone got any tips tried all the normal things but don't want to snap it off. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Big ray Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Have you tried running the engine up to temperature before attempting removal??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony Pearson Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Yes and it won't budge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 The freezing sprays work well on things like that, get the engine warm then spray the bsae of the sender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Lauren Child Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Freeze spray should also shock fracture any corrosion, allowing penetrating oil to seep in further. If it doesn't come out just through the temperature effect, it may be worth a good soak in penetrating oil afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 You could then try freeze sparay, then wrap a cloth soacked in release agent of your choice wrapped around the sender and covered in cling film. I've done this and left parts overnight with very good results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Gordon_M Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) First, if it is a typical US unit, if it isn't working it'll be junk. You can graft another sender bulb and so on, but I'm assuming you have decided the whole think is junk? If not patience is your only tool. The standard construction is to have a threaded forged ring retaining a sheetmetal bulb into a cast head. Many times there is an adapter ring in there too, so you just have to decide what you can save and butcher the rest out. The really important thing is not to damage the head casting. Freezing, heating, penetrant ( Plus Gas or Kroil, NOT WD40 ) even cleaning, heating, and covering in candle wax seems to work as the wax get drawn down the thread. Good luck with it. Edited February 3, 2013 by Gordon_M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 griff66 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 try tightening it a bit! first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony Pearson Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thanks all off now with the freeze spray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Was after some advice on best way to get a temp sender out the head of my M8 the sender has gone fault but I can't get it out the head anyone got any tips tried all the normal things but don't want to snap it off.
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