Date:         Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:46:25 -0600
Reply-To:     jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From:         jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject:      Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
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On 4/25/05 10:24, "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

> The new cat I got from them had the same plug ... and it too blew out
> the first time I drove the van after installation.
> 
> All who get new cats with plugs ... make sure they're TIGHT when you
> reinstall them.
> 
> My solution? ... I went to a flaps and bought an oil drain plug of the
> same thread.  That was 2 years ago and it's working fine.
> 
> Mike
> '84 GL 7 pass
> '85 GL Westy
> 
> 
> Brian Keese wrote:

A muffler shop that I deal with hits those plugs with his wire welder if
they aren't used.  Always wondered if that wasn¹t overkill but now I see
that it may not be.
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