free at last! (was stuck oxy sensor)

[William Magliocco]

The subject line says it all:

A good overnight drenching in "blaster" penetrating
oil, along with using a deep 22mm socket (1/2" drive)
did the trick. 

I broke the top of the sensor off with vise grips to
shorten the sensor enough to fit inside the deep
socket.  This includes cutting the wires off. 

Then with a 12" extension and a small hammer, I beat
down on the affair to insure the socket was seated on
the remnants of the hex (somewhat rounded off
yesterday).  Once I heard the socket making solid
contact with the exh. manifold, I was set.  One good
1/4 turn from my breaker bar, and voila'!  

The re-use of the existing harness to accomodate the
Bosch 13913 only adds 10~15 minutes of stripping,
soldering and use of heat shrink tubing per sensor. 
That part is easy for me because I do that stuff for a
living.  The money saved makes it well worth the time.
 I don't know who came up with the sub, but THANK YOU!
 Lunch at the Waffle House is on me (whenever you are
in Atlanta).

Thanks too to those who put the $0.02 on getting the
old ones out.

The sensors appear to have a date code of "47/92" on
them...which leads me to believe that they've been in
there since this '93 100 was built.  Did I decode the
date code correctly?

Now, my tech tip-disconnect the battery while you're
doing this work.  Not only is it safer for you and the
car, you'll also erase the fault memory from the ECU. 
Won't it be nice to see "$$$$" when I dump the codes
after a drive?  Oops, there I go thinking of the type
$$ again!

One last question on this topic...will this Bosch
13913 oxy sensor also replace the one in an '86 5kT? 
If I wind up keeping the car, it's probably next on
the list to replace.

Thanks again to all, Bill Magliocco
2 VW Diesels, a better running 100 and a sick 5kT

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