That did the trick! I soaked the $#@#@$$@# thing with PB Blaster and the Sea Foam stuff overnight. Then, I got the pipe wrench to grab on the stripped threads. I braced my feet against the rear wheel, and gave it all I had. I'd slowly gave way. ;) I noticed the replacement oxygen sensor had anti-seize pre-applied. Good thing. Car still runs rich, so I assume that would be Temp II, or a bad injector or two. Jon On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Geza Polony wrote: > I did mine with an 18" pipe wrench and a 3' length of 1 1/2" iron pipe. > > Couldn't they have made the bungs with a brass or bronze thread insert? > |
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