So like the title says my dumb *** stripped the lower torx screw (hole) on my MAF sensor. My question to yall is can I re tap that little brass hole, or am I stuck buying a new airbox? The top hole is fine but now the sensor is loose on the bottom. Truck is a 2006 with 5.4.

 

did you strip the threads or just the bolt????

try rethreading it first, thats what i would do

 

Just the threads. I went to work and picked up my tap & die set and did not have the right size. I got the bolt in the for now. I have to either fix it or buy new b/c I am **** about things like this.
I called Ford, and just for the box only was $447!!! I told the guy that's insane and I could buy a CAI for that!!

 

yea you could get a intake for like 250! do you have a metric set, its gonna be metric

 

SAE and metric set

 

447 bones? yow. I just tossed mine in the trash can after it started leaking oil on the garage floor. I didn't know what else to do with it after the supercharger install so it got pitched.

 

i know this aint exactly the perfect fix but i've seen guys put jb weld(or some kind of apoxy) in the hole and thread the screw in.

 

Well I actually had to screw it in with vise grips to make it work for now I had to have it running and it is stable for now. I just cant see keeping it this way. I don't wanna have to change my MAF sensor two years down the road and forget I did this then have to worry with it then.