In a message dated 7/23/2005 7:21:41 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
rrecardo@WEBTV.NET writes:

<problem -  however, many of us do not have easy access to such a tool.
So, what  slightly "lower-tech" solutions might work?>>

Easy access would  be quite simple.

Buy.
Rent.
Borrow.
Beg.
Pay someone to do  the job or steal a torch
I made it simple.

I went just went out out  and bought mine.

Paid for itself many  time's.

Hi All,
rrecardo Is right.
Sometimes that is the only way to get them out!
I've got a torch, & that's just what I had to use to get the O2 Sensor  out
of my 90.
A Torch & A 18 inch Pipe wrench.
No wonder the previous owner had it taped off at the upper connector!
That why I couldn't get it to pass emissions.
Maybe rrecardo  is just more of a realist than I am,
He just bites the bullet & go right to the torch, in the first  place.
I go there as a last resort,
All that Heat concerns me sometimes.
It can & does change the properties of metal to get it that hot.
But, A Guy's Gotta Do....
I'm just sharin what works for me :o)
best,
John C...