Stripped Coolant temp sensor

[Chuckwagon976]

Stripped the coolant temp sensor and now can't get it out. Am I the only jackass that has done this?

 

[D Chapman]

Probably

What truck?

 

[Chuckwagon976]

96 D1

 

[D Chapman]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/IRWIN-BOLT...XbZEwwSHIVjb9DE9Fr8qHkTzCczEA28RoCIgAQAvD_BwE

 

[Chuckwagon976]

Not the head of the sensor, the threads of the sensor. I hardly tightened it, now it just spins and I can't get it out. Probably going to need to remove the intake and re-tap?

 

[D Chapman]

Snap a pic of what you're working with.

Was it an Allmakes part?

 

[Chuckwagon976]

prince of darkness.

 

[D Chapman]

I guess I meant a pic of the broken off sensor stuck in the intake.

Would something like this grab it?
https://www.lowes.com/pd/IRWIN-Hans...dazLCnljCTujFKIwaKnbYE3V0x8GIEfhoC6IMQAvD_BwE

 

[Chuckwagon976]

its not broken off, just free spinning. I can get it to catch theads to come out. I have pried on the intake to give it leverage to come out and grabbed it with vice grips and pulled and nothing.

 

[XCELLER8]

can you tell if the actuall threads in the manifold are stripped or if the plastic is spinning on the sensor ?

 

[ezzzzzzz]

I'm betting the plastic is slipping. Try to chisel off the plastic. There may be enough sensor metal underneath to grab hold of.

 

[Chuckwagon976]

100% the plastic was spinning. After what seemed like an hour of micro turns with vice grips, I finally got that piece of shit off. Internal manifold threads all good. Lucas strikes again.......Thanks for all of the replies.

 

[aliastel]

Lucas strikes again? More like owner strikes again . . . Lol. . .

 

[Chuckwagon976]