well, a bit of good news, and removing the *&$*#! o2 sensor

[Kneale Brownson]

At 08:26 PM 07/04/2003 -0700, Michael S. Williams wrote:

>well, i broke one o2 socket, bought another, broke it.  tried putting
>a hose clamp around the bottom of it to keep it from spreading out,
>and it just kept turning...  so, i got out the 22mm box end wrench i
>have, tried w/ that (not too much access in the urq to do this... but
>enough to give me enough movement to be able to at least break it
>loose), no luck.  used a 3 foot pole to add more torque... and
>NOTHING, didnt budge...
>
>i sprayed it with a bunch of penetrating oil and am gonna let it sit
>overnight...but ARGH... i think it was instlaled with an impact
>wrench when the MC engine was put in...
>
>anyway, any tips on getting the oxygen sensor out?

I cut the wires and used a long 22 mm socket with a breaker bar and
a  piece of pipe to extend leverage.  This was on the V8, where the O2
sensor is buried between where two exhaust pipes meet in a "Y" and I was
working on my back with jackstands.  The sensor came out without some of
its threads, so I had to worry a thread chaser back into the bung before
the new sensor would go in.