My warning light has never come on,,, and I know I'm way past the 30,000
point... way way past... and it passed smog when I got it, and nothing has
been done to it since... where someone would have disconnected it....

>From: "G.M.Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>

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> >>>"if yours has stuck in the muffler for a long long time - is there a
>trick to
>getting it unstuck.. how long do those things usually last?>>>
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>30k miles, maybe a little longer, but not much. Better to go by the
>warning light, which is a 30k gig.
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>Soak thread seam overnight with Super Liquid Wrench and again in the
>a.m. I think it is a 22mm fitting; if so put a 20 mm or 21 mm ring
>wrench on the neck of it and hammer on the wrench from the direction of
>the 02 sensor wire toward stuck threads to break the ionic (or is it
>covalent?) bonds between the two metals (the exhaust and the sensor).
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>Hammer gently, like you would to put on a picture-hanging nail, and
>hammer like this for 2-3 minutes, applying Super Liquid Wrench now and
>then. Apply the proper sized ring wrench, and tap GENTLY on the other
>end of the wrench with the hammer to break it free. It it is still snug,
>soak and tap with the small wrench again. IT WILL break loose in this
>way. It is NOT too tight, it simply grew ionic (or is it covalent?)
>bonds between the two metals. Once these are broken, it will turn
>easily.
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>From DC, where the President is a misguided Warhead,
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>G. Matthew Bulley
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