What are some of the tricks in changing this? I have a dealer that wants to charge me 300 to change it . Looking forward to the inputs

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2005 CRD Sport 4x4
EHM,ORM,Straight pipe exhaust,Facet 40109 lift pump

If you mean 5066882AA it's a ca. $75 list part (online about $55 but shipping to your 20 may add up) IIRC to change it you will need to:
1. pull the turbo to intercooler and airbox to turbo hoses - 4 worm clamps
2. disconnect the exhaust from the turbo and let the exhaust hang down - 1 marmon clamp
3. remove the heat shield on the back passenger corner of the engine - 1 bolt into block at the top (easy to get to but hard to see) and 1 bolt into what appears to be the bell housing or a bell housing shield
4. remove sensor - 1 bolt or maybe 2 and 1 electrical plug
5. install new sensor probably with a new "O" ring
6. reverse install everything.

Without checking I think you might need to remove the coolant recovery tank. If so there are 2 nuts/bolts on the firewall to remove then you can slide the tank forward off its bottom bracket and undo the low coolant sensor on the bottom. You do not need to drain the tank coolant but you may need to detach/reroute/reattach a coolant hose so you can move the coolant tank around as you work.

Shouldn't take more than 1 hr or so with the right tools. Figure fair cost from there depending on local shop rates + taxes.

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Sold to LOST member my 05 Ltd, GDE Stg II turbo + TCM tune, SunCoast TC w. Transgo kit, Steiger window regulators, Samcos, Fumoto valve, 2nd gen filter head with Lub. Spec. bleeder, Hayden clutch & 11 blade fan, inverted spare, P-1 battery, BF Goodrich Long Trail TAs, Etecno1 glow plugs, timing belt at 50K miles/8 yrs

$300.00 WOW.

I have replaced the Crank Sensor on CRD #2.
Disregard steps #1 and #2 YOU DO NOT have to loosen the exhaust pipe at all or anything else on top as directed in the FSM.
Laying a creeper remove the heat shield and the bracket bolt holding the Sensor connector block. Its tight but not bad, you will need an assortment of 3/8" extensions and metric sockets. The bolt holding the sensor has a socket head, a metric hex (Allen) wrench is needed, be prepared for that.
Can't remember the sizes of wrench or the sockets needed.

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TWO Identical 2005 Liberty Sport CRDS
#1 CRD, 174,000 miles. Eco tune, Samco hoses. Mobil1 0-40w used since day one
#2 CRD 143,000 miles. Bought used (unknown history) with 100,000 miles. Samco hoses.
Eco tune, new rockers, and 5 volt glow plugs installed at 124,000 miles

I have heard that I could skip the first two steps but any other tips would be helpful. I will call the dealer and ask them to button it up and I’ll wait for the part and do it myself. AK

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2005 CRD Sport 4x4
EHM,ORM,Straight pipe exhaust,Facet 40109 lift pump

Well I removed the radiator tank and then the heat shields it was done in 2 hrs. I will test drive tomorrow to see if the stalling issue is solve. Thanks everyone

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2005 CRD Sport 4x4
EHM,ORM,Straight pipe exhaust,Facet 40109 lift pump