[s-cars] O2 replacement - BTDT??

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Nice work Phil,

  Another way to get the old sensor out for those of us with stock suspension is to put a 22mm (I think) box end wrench on it and reach your hand over the top of the tire and through the rubber splash guard surronding the tie rods. You can get a really good pull on the wrench from there.

Chad Tobin

In a message dated 3/27/2003 2:20:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, pmische at comcast.net writes:

> 1) Go to Autozone and purchase a Bosch 13913 O2 sensor (~$37).  They have a
> tool-swap for a 22mm special socket which you may want to take advantage of.
> You will need 3 pc. of 16/18 ga butt crimp (no laughing, guys) connectors
> and some appropriate heat shrink tubing.
> 2) Go home, let the engine cool down, unless you're a tough guy.  The O2
> sensor is right there in front of you on top of the guzzoutta of the turbo
> turbine. If you use the special socket you won't have to cut the wires on
> the old O2 sensor; if you just use a very deep socket you'll just have to
> cut the wires; if you use a standard socket you'll have to cut the wires and
> lop off the top of the old O2 sensor.  Now unscrew and remove old O2 sensor.
> NOTE: If the old sensor is really, really stuck in there you could have a
> real problem unless you used the special O2 sensor socket.
> 3) Trim the wires on the new O2 sensor to ~2", cut the O2 wires from the
> harness close to the sensor if you haven't already done so.
> 4) Consider the heat shink tubing - put it on before you crimp the butt
> connectors: white to white (doesn't matter which white to which), black to
> black.  Put the heat shrink tubing into position covering your new
> connections, get out your matches and make that tubing
> shrink - don't burn
> yourself or set fire to anything nearby.
>
> I think that's all.