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Wits' End
This will only be useful to like 4 people on this forum but....
About a week and a half ago I threw a P0325 code. Knock sensor according to Beno's code thread:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/104399-cel-codes-list-1997-fzj.html
I couldn't really do anything with it and the truck seemed to be completely unaffected by whatever the knock sensor controlled so we kept driving it. I looked up in search to see what I could find about it and only one thread came up discussing removing the sensor:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/103492-p0325-cel-code.html
So before doing anything I purchased a 27mm socket and prepared for surgery last night. Well it turns out I didn't need it at all. Its very difficult to see from the engine bay but the knock sensor #1 is under the intake just behind the power steering reservoir, screwed into the block. By running my hand under the intake I could feel there were 4 connectors. All of them connected to its appropriate wire...except for the knock sensor. The wire was completely cut off right at the connector. Doh!
Now this wire/connector is available from CDan for about $10 and the part number is: 82219-35010
But this doesn't help me at 1am in my garage and now on a Thursday. I need immediate gratification dammit!
I started by removing the engine dipstick from the intake. I removed the charcoal canister hose and the wires to the coil so that I would have enough space to get my hands in. You need the use of both hands to repair this.
Once I took off the connector I was now ready for surgery. So with dental pick in hand I started poking and prodding trying to see what I could do to take this apart and repair it.
There is a white "lock" in the front of the plug. I used the pick to pull that up and then off. This releases the metal connector from inside the connector. Then you need to slide a small screwdriver into the top of the connector (where the white lock was) and then you can slide the remaining wire, rubber plug and metal connector.
About a week and a half ago I threw a P0325 code. Knock sensor according to Beno's code thread:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/104399-cel-codes-list-1997-fzj.html
I couldn't really do anything with it and the truck seemed to be completely unaffected by whatever the knock sensor controlled so we kept driving it. I looked up in search to see what I could find about it and only one thread came up discussing removing the sensor:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/103492-p0325-cel-code.html
So before doing anything I purchased a 27mm socket and prepared for surgery last night. Well it turns out I didn't need it at all. Its very difficult to see from the engine bay but the knock sensor #1 is under the intake just behind the power steering reservoir, screwed into the block. By running my hand under the intake I could feel there were 4 connectors. All of them connected to its appropriate wire...except for the knock sensor. The wire was completely cut off right at the connector. Doh!
Now this wire/connector is available from CDan for about $10 and the part number is: 82219-35010
But this doesn't help me at 1am in my garage and now on a Thursday. I need immediate gratification dammit!
I started by removing the engine dipstick from the intake. I removed the charcoal canister hose and the wires to the coil so that I would have enough space to get my hands in. You need the use of both hands to repair this.
Once I took off the connector I was now ready for surgery. So with dental pick in hand I started poking and prodding trying to see what I could do to take this apart and repair it.
There is a white "lock" in the front of the plug. I used the pick to pull that up and then off. This releases the metal connector from inside the connector. Then you need to slide a small screwdriver into the top of the connector (where the white lock was) and then you can slide the remaining wire, rubber plug and metal connector.
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