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Subject:Re: O2 Reset switch location?
From:T.P. Stephens
Date:Fri, 22 Oct 1999 15:11:40 -0700

>To: "W. Silva" <wsilva@CAPECOD.NET>
>From: "T.P. Stephens" <doktortim@rockisland.com>
>Subject: Re: O2 Reset switch location?
>In-Reply-To: <199910222157.RAA02527@mailhost.capecod.net>
>
>At 05:31 PM 10/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>I have been asked by a fellow '85 owner for the location of the Oxygen
>>Sensor Reset Switch.  Since I don't have a clue, I call on the List.  He
>>said in the Bentley it is discribed as being a "switch" in the fuse block
>>but he said try as he may he can't come up with anything that resembles a
>>switch.  He said his van just turned 135K miles, imagine that!
>
>I don't know what Bentley he has but if you lay down in front of the
>left front wheel and slide under and look up between the chassis and
>the spare tire you will see the speedo cable which has a rectangular box
>incorporated which has a round know on one end within which is the button
>which must be pushed with a pencil or scribe all the way in till you hear
>a click which resets the light.
>
>Make him promise he won't misuse this knowledge by resetting the light
>without replacing the Oxy sensor and recalibrating the mixture.
>
>
Doktor Tim
Maintenance Repair and Restoration of European Vehicles
San Juan Island, WA