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Originally Posted by Toothbrush
When you try to remove the valve covers, just a tip that worked for me (on install, my experience with removal was before this method  )...
No brute force or fighting is necessary if you angle them just right.
- Once you have them free (e.g. spark plug tubes clear, unbolted) and ready to lift off
- Turn the front of one cover up and towards the other side of the engine so that the top-back corner is the only thing you need to clear the eccentric sensor
- While looking/feeling along the top-back corner, gently slide the cover over the eccentric sensor
if you have a second pair of eyes, it's much easier of course.
If you do it right, it will slide right over the top of those sensor ears (that everyone breaks) without too much trouble, strain, stress or words you wouldn't normally say in mixed company. It also may take some time to figure out the correct angle, but it can be done. |
You make it sound easy lol.
That's pretty much the way I do it. The passenger side isn't much trouble. On the driver's side:
I get the wiring harness and the heater hoses on top of the VC
Pull it straight up about 2 inches
Rock it towards the drivers side
Push the wiring harness under the VC
Rock it back over the wiring harness
Push the heater hoses under the VC
Then rotate front of VC to the driver's side and up
Unfortunately, no matter how careful you try and be you're dealing with old brittle plastic and I now have one broken ear on each sensor.
Even if you break both ears there is no reason to replace the sensor. Cut a 1 inch long piece of 1 inch diameter shrink tubing and shrink it over the connection and it will never just pop out.