Machine shop broke my heat sensor off in my heads.

[Early93Viper]

Took my heads to a machine shop that seemed to do a great job but broke my heat sensor (Circled red in pic) off in my heads.

Questions:
1. They say my heads are interchangeable. That I can switch them and put a new heat sensor in the other head and be fine. Is this true?

2. I went to the Dodge parts counter and tried to find the right part number for the Heat sensor. They were not sure but thought is was part number: J3230408 Is that number the correct number?

 

[charlesj]

can't tell by your post but are they taking responsibility for fixing or not? they broke it, they should fix it. or am i just crazy and it doesn't work that way anymore???

 

[Early93Viper]

can't tell by your post but are they taking responsibility for fixing or not? they broke it, they should fix it. or am i just crazy and it doesn't work that way anymore???

No they say that they didn't do it. If it is an easy fix I will just fix it. If not I will take it up with the Machine shop.

 

[HOdbleFman]

They are interchangeable. It saves the factory tooling costs and assembly time.

 

[Bill B]

They all break. Have them remove the old one so It doesn't give you any trouble. The heads are interchangeable so that doesn't matter. The new part is under $10.

 

[Early93Viper]

They all break. Have them remove the old one so It doesn't give you any trouble. The heads are interchangeable so that doesn't matter. The new part is under $10.

They got most of it out. Just my threads look stripped. Will this be a problem?

Thanks
Dan

 

[Bill B]

You can try and chase the threads with a tap and use it again, if that doesn't work. Drill it, tap it, plug it and use the other side.

 

[Jack B]

That is the idiot light sensor, the temp gauge sensor is near the thermostat. If anti-seize is not used on that sensor it is also impossible to remove without breaking.