Is it just me or id=s it a pain in the a** to get the screws for the air mass sensor out. I tried with a regular socket and th eplastic on the inside broke and now the damn thing just turns and i'm having trouble holding to release the nut. Any suggestions out there?

 

Sorry I don't have anything better to tell you than, grab your ankles.

 

Pliers on the inside piece that turns, and the socket wrench on the outside worked for me.

 

So did you have the same problem? And it seems i can't get a very good grip on the inside with any pliers

 

well, I got mine off just fine, you just have to hit your ratchet really quick with a hammer, or use an impact gun (on a low setting) to bust the nuts (rofl) free w/o cracking the plastic. Go grab a set of vise-grips if regular pliers aren't holding on tight enough now tho

 

ratchet and wrench did we wonders.......have fun

 

Sweet avatar man!

 

yea same here ig ot my intake injen on and then the screws wernt comin out so my friend hit it with a hammer and the sensor broke and i had to get a new sensor for 139$$

 

did you wait for the engine to cool down before taking it apart? i had no such problem with mine when putting on my cai.

 

i had the same problem. its a PITA! use a socket or impact gun

 

yah that same **** happened to me man, where the things broke , all i did was use pliers and soocket wrench

 

I just had to replace my MAS and the replacement came with half the Mirage airbox attached because the jackholes at the yard stripped the insides. To be fair, they were on TIGHT! I ended up drilling them out and reusing my bolts from the first MAS. All you'd need to do is get yourself to a hardware store... oops, that's how old I am, a HOME STORE and go to their fasteners section. Shouldn't be too hard to find replacements. Fill the holes around the bolts with RTV to ensure proper seal

 

Yeah mine cracked all to hell and I just sat there in shock for about 3 minutes with my mouth open and then just ****ing threw it. But I then went at it with vise grips and a socket wrench (10 mm).

But ****ed up the honeycomb mesh shlt on the inside and had to sit and push it all back out with a dinky *** piece of wire. Sucked.

Good luck.

 

i'm so glad that i'm not the only one that felt that way. Those damn things are driving me crazy. Still don't have them out i got too frustrated and gave up.

 

i used vise grips and a friends help