[Shop-talk] What fun - O2 sensor

[Doug Braun]

Did you use heat, or just warmth?  My mini oxy-actylene setup has
worked incredibly well at loosening stuck nuts and bolts.  (I use it
for that much more than actual welding.)  You have to get get the
stuck parts actually glowing red hot.

Doug

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com> wrote:
> I need to replace a failed oxygen sensor in my old S10.  Should be
> a simple task - fat chance! There's just so little clearance that when I
> do get a wrench or socket securely on it there's no way to get enough
> torque applied to break it loose.   Heat, penetrent in various combinations
> and cycles have not made it any easier.  Sheesh.
>
> Sorry, I just had to vent.