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Subject:Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
From:Jonathan Farrugia
Date:Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:20:21 -0500

i would sell them all right now ;).  if the price goes up anymore terry k
will start making them out of stainless and selling them with the rest of
his products :).

jonathan

On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:

> I have a small collection of those bad boys here at the shop.  There must be
> nearly a dozen in the box on my shelf.  Perhaps I should hold onto them for
> a few years and retire in luxury.  ;)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Dennis Haynes
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 3:27 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
>
>
> I just checked with the dealer. List price is $45.65!
>
> Part number 035-906-274
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Haynes [mailto:dhaynes@optonline.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 5:45 PM
> To: 'Geza Polony'; 'vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM'
> Subject: RE: Oxygen Sensor Ground
>
> Oh my gosh! They used to be around $38 and I thought that was too much.
> VW is getting a bit crazy with parts they no longer want to carry I
> guess. Start making them out of soup cans. I guess they are no made of
> unobtanium.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Geza Polony
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:19 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Oxygen Sensor Ground
>
> What are these shields that they cost upwards of $110? Anybody have a
> pic so
> we could see how to make one? Stands to reason that the sensors should
> be
> shielded both from road crud (it turns out that the oxygen sample comes
> through the tiny passages in the copper stranded wire, and it wouldn't
> take
> much to clog those up) and from cold air. They are kind of hanging out
> in
> the breeze.
>
> Anyway--a hundred and ten bucks? Would that be the gold or the platinum
> version?
>
>
>