First step, after you determine that you need to replace this sensor and/or connector, is to remove the air filter, degas jug, FICM, and the rear stud on the intake manifold.
Use a long right angle pick to take loose the ICP sensor connector. Pull it up and out of the way. Use a long extension, a 1 1/16th crowfoot, and a swivel to get the sensor loose. You'll need some long, nimble fingers to fish the sensor out. This is where you are thanking me for telling you to remove the rear intake manifold stud.
Install your new ICP sensor, and splice in your new pigtail connector. Trim the wires to the same length - you don't want a lot of wire back there that can contact the exhaust!
Awesome write up...like someone said in another post, I do believe you're going for internet technician of the year. If i was a judge, you'd have my vote, but it may be slightly biased because unless your camera distorts the picture, you've got some big ole fingers and I don't wanna see what the rest of ya looks like!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What was the main reason for you replacing this ICP sensor?</div></div>
The owner was complaining of an oil leak. I also noticed that the CEL was illuminated, and there was a code P2285 in memory - But the owner didn't say anything about that.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">unless your camera distorts the picture, you've got some big ole fingers and I don't wanna see what the rest of ya looks like!</div></div>
Funny story about hand size. Yesterday I was taking the head bolts out of a 6.0L (see the serpentine belt thread) and I was using my "sho-nuff" impact gun. I'm holding the handle with my right hand, index finger along the body, middle finger on the trigger, and the other two on the handle. I'm stabilizing the gun with my left hand. There happened to be a little tear in my left glove that the exhaust from my impact gun was aimed at. I hit the trigger, and my left hand would inflate. Bolt comes out, off the trigger, and my hand deflates. Repeat 19 more times.
When I looked up, the service advisor was watching me with a bewildered look on his face....
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">ICP is in the valve cover </div></div> Right where it shuuda been from the beginning.JMO! Not to forget bunch other changes with later 04 VS job1 03. Anyhow, that's where mine is.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: FMTRVT</div><div class="ubbcode-body">How much time does that take Greg?
Or maybe I should ask Teamroper60 for the "I haven't done this a thousand times" estimate. </div></div>
Jack,
It took about 3 hours for the swap on mine. However if you have the proper tools already, the total time is really more like an hour or so....... Removing the parts Greg said to is fairly easy and takes about 20 minutes or so. Putting them back is the same.
The majority of the time we spent was fooling with the stupid crowsfoot... Trying to fish that thing on was impossible for us. So, we stopped, regrouped, and took an inch and a sixteenth deep well socket and cut it down to the length of the sensor. Once we did that, the actual sensor change took maybe a minute or two...
Cool. So it sounds like deep socket, flex, and extension is needed. Did you use a 3/8 or 1/2"? Could you measure the total length of the socket after cut down?
The original socket was 3 and a quarter inches long (measured on the outside). The modified socket was cut down to 2 and seven-eighths (again, measured on the outside).
for the 2003 6.0l ICP replacement, there is a special socket you can get from a known tool maker. The exact description is:
Socket, Ford ICP Sensor, 1 1/16", 3/8" square drive
Lowe's has a socket 1 1/16" deep well socket that worked on my ICP sensor without any modification, and it was cheap. It is a Kobalt #338053. I tried to use a 1 1/16" crows foot, but had little luck after fiddling with it 30 minutes. It was a 1/2" drive very heavy piece that would not fit in the limited space.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ronald007</div><div class="ubbcode-body">for the 2003 6.0l ICP replacement, there is a special socket you can get from a known tool maker. The exact description is:
Socket, Ford ICP Sensor, 1 1/16", 3/8" square drive </div></div>
It's my understanding that socket is about $30 from Snap-On. You can buy a socket from Sears for about $10 or less, cut it down to fit and save yourself roughly $20.
I know you all are hearing this (reading this) a lot but I did the sensor swap last weekend. The 3 hours was right on! If I could have sent my wife and kid somewhere else I would have been right on the 3 hours! All in all it was not that bad. I tried to tell the dealer that ICP is all I wanted Done! They wanted to make me pay for this and that so I decided that if they were not going to do what I told them I wanted done then I would do it myself.
Thank you for the pics! The info has been great! My neighbor came over and could not believe that I had all this data and I was doing it myself. I do not get some people sometimes.
Was wondering if getting to the sensor on my 6/03 would be easier from underneath the truck. Remove the front drive shaft for more access (8 bolts), the heat shield (3 bolts) and there it is, right? Or is there a good reason I should attack this from the top of the engine? Thanks!
Well, I answered my own question. Did the ICP swap from underneath the truck. About a hour's worth of work (not including breaks). Followed Ford's shop procedure with the addition of removing the front drive shaft. It would help to have long skinny arms if you try this.
I did mine today and I don't see how you can do it from underneath. Once I got it loose I removed it from under and reinstalled it, but I still needed to break it loose and tighten it from the top.
I did it today in under an hour(including breaks) from the top.
But, Tuesday I F'ed with it for three hours, and ended up putting it back together, so I had everything removed today in about 10 minutes.
The trick to getting it out from underneath is to use a 1-1/16" deep socket with about an inch cut off the end (socket is about $10 at sears). It fits right over the sensor and you can loosen and tighten it with a rachet. That was the easiest part of the whole job.
Is a ICP sensor a dealer item? I called advanced and autozone and ask for a ICP sensor and they said they never heard of that.
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