Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:48:20 -0400
Reply-To: Ken Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
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From: Ken Lewis <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
Subject: Re: oxygen sensor input wire
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I spliced in an unshield wire to the front to run one of my gadget. Ran fine
for years. Just a data point. http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo5.html
Ken Lewis
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From: "David Clarkson" <Dvdclarksn@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2009 10:15 PM
Subject: [VANAGON] oxygen sensor input wire
> Just a question after some research of the archives. I feel that my green
> O2 sensor input wire (sending voltage to the ECU) is shorting to the
> grounded shileding in places from deteriorating insulation. I plan on
> replacing
> the sensor itself soon and am thinking about replacing the cable also.
> The
> archives have several listees stating that unshielded cable should work
> okay
> so long as there is no EMI in the vicinity of the cable (I'm concerned
> about possible interference from the coil). I am wondering if anyone has
> replaced this cable and if so where did you find this small gauge coax
> type
> cable? How far did you go with the cable and did you spice it into a good
> section of the original near the ECU? A far fetched idea that I had
> recently
> when installing a Sirius radio in my Dad's Honda was that the shielded
> satellite antenna cable would be a close match if the center wire was
> stranded.
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated as always.
>
> David Clarkson
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