Hi, I'm Wade from Thoroughbred Diesel, and today we're going to teach you how to change
out the cam position sensor on a 6.0 power stroke
Changing cam position sensor on a 6.0 Powerstroke is not a hard job at all.
It's just a little bit difficult to get to the cam position sensor, but we're going to
show you today how to get to it, how we do it, try to make it just a little bit easier
on you.
We're using an Alliant Power Cam Position Sensor, we have these on the website.
This is an Alliant Power part number AP63415.
Now you can see the cam position sensors on these 6.0 Powerstrokes are a little bit different
than probably what you're normally used to if you guys were used to 7.3s or whatnot.
A little bit different, it's quite a bit longer.
It goes a pretty good ways inside of the block there, before it gets to the tone ring on
the cam position sensor.
It's got two o-rings on it.
These two o-rings right here, they create the seal to keep you from having oil leaks
on this.
Another thing with this is, when you go to remove the cam position sensor, it's actually
is the tension that you're going to feel trying to remove it.
A single eight metric-headed bolt is what holds this in.
Electrical connector on the top.
It's oriented into the block such as so, with the tab down like that.
So we're going to show you all that.
You can totally do this job topside.
Totally can do this job topside.
Remove the air intake, and that gets you where you need to be able to do it.
When I remove the bolt on this, I remove it from the bottom, and I'm going to show you
that today.
For me, it's just a little bit easier.
When I'm working with a fastener, I always like to be in the line of sight of it so I
can see, is my socket engaged on it correctly, so I don't round it off?
Because bolts and stuff like that that are in that position, you round them off and you're
going to have a heck of a time getting to them with easy out or something of that nature
to be able to get the bolt out.
So I take one extra step.
I actually pull the bolt head off from the bottom on these, and we're going to show you
that right now.
All right, I've got one more thing that I want to talk about removing the bolt from
the cam position sensor.
I use a 1/4-inch drive.
I've got an eight metric swivel socket that I use.
You can use a shallow well eight metric on a universal will be just fine for you.
The angle of the crossmember there on the bolt is just not going to let you go straight
to it.
If you got little hands, you can get a deep wheel on it and a 1/4-inch drive ratchet and
get it.
This is the best setup that I use.
So an extension there, 1/4-inch drive extension, and a swivel, eight metric socket really helps
to be able to get to it.
All right, we're at the front of the truck now, and I'm going to go ahead and slide underneath
the truck.
I'm going to try to take you with me.
And I want to show you where the cam position sensor is.
Now, you can see that my light is positioned across the crossmember here.
What we are looking at right there is the power steering pump.
That's what that is.
It's got the pulley on the front of it.
Your cam position sensor is right behind that.
So I'm going to take my light here and I want to point to this assembly, power steering
pump.
Right behind it is the cam position sensor.
Now, I've got a light on it.
I should be able to see the bolt.
I'm going to try to zoom in just a little bit there.
All right.
You can see my light is now shining on the cam position sensor itself.
And as I move the camera there, there is the eight metric bolt for the cam position sensor.
I've got my light on it right now.
So as you can see, it's a little bit of a tight fit.
I wanted to be able to put a light on it and show you exactly where it was.
We are on the driver's side of the engine.
This is the power steering pump, cam position sensor is directly behind it, right there
where my light is.
And my lights actually looking at the wiring harness going to the cam position sensor.
Let me go ahead and reposition my camera here, and we'll show you how we set this tool up
to be able to take the eight metric bolt out of the camp position sensor.
All right, we're going to go ahead and move our socket and our extension in here and get
on the head of the bolt.
I know you can't see it there, but we just wanted to let you see the path we take to
get the tool in there.
I do not unhook the electrical connector on the cam position sensor on the 6.0s, I just
get the bolt out from here.
My socket got screwed up on me somehow.
So, over the power steering lines like this, and then right to the bolt itself.
I can see it.
I know I've got good engagement on it, so I'm going to go ahead and break the bolt loose.
And once you break it loose, you can usually get to it with your fingertips between those
lines, and just go ahead and back the bolt out.
Or put a piece of paper in the socket and that will keep the bolt in there for you so
you don't lose the bolt.
Usually don't have any problems with that.
It usually will come right on out there.
Just like so.
Again, I leave the electrical connector on it.
I will disengage the electrical connector once I have the cam position sensor out.
Now we're topside.
To get to the cam position sensor, to be able to get your arms down there to pull it out,
you've got to pull the air intake box out.
The air intake box on a 6.0 Powerstroke is the bane of my existence.
I hate them.
I hate getting them out.
It doesn't matter how many times I've done it.
I don't do it right every time.
It's awful.
This is terrible design, and that's enough for that rant.
First thing you want to make sure that you do get your negative battery cables off, because
you are going to be disconnecting your mass air flow sensor.
You are going to be working with the cam position sensor, so better safe than sorry.
Go ahead and knock your negative battery cables off.
I'm going to go ahead and unplug my mass air flow sensor.
Then I will unhook the filter restrictor, or filter monitor, here.
I pull the filter monitor out of the box, it just gives me that much more clearance.
5/16ths.
I'll loosen this up, because I pull these by.
I leave the front lid on.
I found that to be the easiest and I try to pull it out as a filter assembly with that
back lid on the box.
Might not be a good way to do it.
I don't know.
I've just found that that's the best way for me.
I go ahead and unhook my back cover.
I disengage it from the filter.
Work the filter back in forth.
Disengaging it from it's pedestals.
Once I can clear the back lid, it's usually all over but for trying.
And just kind of twist it out.
I'm sure there's easier ways to do that, but that's what I've found is the easiest for
me.
All right.
With the air intake out, what we're going to do to get to the cam position sensor, is
we're actually just going to stick our arms down through here.
All right.
The wiring harness for the cam position sensor, I'm going to feel around and let it guide
me to where the can position sensor is.
I've got my hands on it right now.
I've left the wiring harness on it.
I'm not pulling on the wiring harness, I'm pulling on the cam position sensor itself.
But the wiring harness being on it, just leaves it as a guide for me.
So, I try to work it back and forth to get it broke loose from the initial hole that's
in the block there.
And then I'll just work it back and forth gently.
Once I've got it disengaged from the block, I will go ahead and pull it on out.
Just like this.
And just continue to pull until it's cleared the block.
Then, go ahead and take my wiring harness off from here.
I can almost get it up to myself and disconnect the wiring harness.
All right, now we're going to show you how to put the cam position sensor back in and
we're going to shoot this from the topside, so you can kind of see from the topside of
what we do there.
Not going to be a whole lot of good shots here.
The GoPro shot that we got for you with cam position sensor coming out, kind of tells
the story.
But topside, go ahead and get your cam position sensor hooked up, your new Alliant Power Cam
Position Sensor.
And go ahead and hook it up there.
It is magnetic so, you'll have to watch it.
All right.
And then we're just going to gently feed our sensor back down here.
And then this is just a feeling game at this point.
What I do, is I'll get my wiring harness and my cam position down here and get it in position.
Feel around on the block, chamber in the block.
Once I get it started ... sorry about the time it took to get that.
Once I get it started, just go ahead and push it in.
And what you're going to want to do, is you're going to want to try to get the cam position
sensor flush with the block where it goes.
Don't draw it up with the bolt.
If you happen to draw it up with the bolt, it's wrong.
All right.
That should be it.
Now, all that's left to do is get our bolt back in.
Put our air intake back on.
Battery cables back on.
And we've got a successful installation.
So, that's putting the cam position sensor into a 6.0.
I know these aren't very good video shots, but we wanted to show you location on it.
We wanted to show you how we get to it.
And try to make the job just a little bit easier for you.
You guys, if you don't, like me, I got small arms.
You bigger guys can't get to that.
You can take this air intake pipe off, the intercooler pipe off.
You can actually take it off.
You can take the battery tray out for the platform for the air intake.
And those two things pretty much give you a straight shot down through here to where
you can get your arms in here to work on it.
But you're still going to have to work between the lower radiator hose here.
Yeah.
So, 6.0 cam position sensor installation.
Whew, it's a mouthful.
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