Sounds good.  Thanks for all of the responses.

Any suggestions on the best place to run this wire?

And what about the best place to get a 12v source and a ground in the
instrument cluster area?

Thanks again,
Wes

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Shielding isn't necessary. The source impedance of the O2 sensor is plenty
> low enough to keep any kind of EMI from affecting yer meter's reading.
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
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> On 5/21/2008 4:39 PM Todd Last wrote:
>
>  I've done what Mike has written and no ill effects at all.
>> Except that my O2 monitor always bounces back and forth off the scale.
>>
>> Todd
>>
>>
>>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
>>
>>> pickle vanagon wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm planning on running a wire from my oxygen sensor up to the front of
>>>> the
>>>> van for a air/fuel mixture gauge (i.e., voltmeter).
>>>>
>>> Only part of that O2 sensor wire is shielded.  The black wire from the
>>> sensor itself, up to the spade connector, isn't shielded.  The green
>>> wire, from the spade connector to the ECU, is shielded.  I've known
>>> others who have run an unshielded wire, from that spade connector,
>>> forward to a meter without problems.  In fact, I'm getting ready to run
>>> an unshielded wire forward to connect to my "Ken Lewis" LED O2 monitor.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>
>>