stanggirl808

I have 3 best guy friends who act like my big brothers. They have been helping me with fixing my 5.0, today i ride solo. I was wondering how hard will it be to change out the O2 sensor by myself? Or should i just wait? I dont want to mess anything up, but kinda wanna do the "look i did it" lol.

AdderMk2

You will need the correct tools, and most of the time O2 sensors refuse to come out. I think you should wait and let them deal with it.

stanggirl808

Yea i was thinking the same. The O2 is already out, i dont want to mess anything up

wydopnthrtl

They can be a real hassle. I have one thats broke off and I am close to rounding the hex off trying to remove it.

So, I'm going to remove the mid pipes where I can get a better 6 point socket on them to prevent from rounding. And worst case I can drill / cut them out and run a chaser tap in the threads. This would just be impossible if the mid pipe was still in the car.

Point being... don't tackle this one alone.

AdderMk2

use a plumbers pipe wrench. (cant be done in the car)

1987gt40ttop

mine started to strip i just heated it up with a torch put vise grips on it and slid a pipe over the vise grips for leverage and broke it free

93fordmustangcobra

let the car get halfeay to normal operating temp, then shut it down and use the o2 sensor socket 7 dollars at autozone to pull the old one out dont touch the pipe