"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/02/2018 at 17:06 • Filed to: Torx, Smart Roadster
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/02/2018 at 17:06 • Filed to: Torx, Smart Roadster | 2
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I’ve given up on the idea of buying a ball point torx bit and have instead opted for installation procedure B, which involves, all by reaching down into a narrow slot:
Remove intercooler fan
Remove one end of intercooler hose
Loosen other end
Remove intercooler
Move loosened hose to one side
Unplug throttle body
Remove throttle body (having bought an E10 socket)
Unplug sensor
Attach T30 socket (having bought same) into the bolt securing the sensor which is now just accessible
Hope that the bolt comes off
Try to extract sensor and hope that it does so
Repeat all these in reverse.
Cost to date: one sensor (€30), one Torx socket set to include E10 and T30 sockets (€36 including postage)
Learnt today: there are such things as E Torx sockets
AM3R, lost another burner
> Cé hé sin
06/02/2018 at 17:48 |
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Did this on my 328i and all it took was a bloody hand and about 45 minutes.
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Cé hé sin
> AM3R, lost another burner
06/02/2018 at 17:59 |
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You try it on a Smart roadster then....
The sensor is basically at the bottom of this lot. There’s no access from the rear unless you remove the complete rear bumper assembly.
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AM3R, lost another burner
> Cé hé sin
06/02/2018 at 18:40 |
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That is definitely beyond my capabilities haha. I’m still mustering up the nerve to do my rear brakes lol.
KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs
> Cé hé sin
06/02/2018 at 19:03 |
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Learnt today: there are such things as E Torx sockets
I learned that on a W210 Mercedes when having to replace the alternator.