X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mimosa.digista.com ([72.233.53.10] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.10) with ESMTPS id 4597669 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:46:09 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.233.53.10; envelope-from=davidm@remconinc.com Received: from [192.168.1.104] (cdm-75-108-247-235.asbnva.dhcp.suddenlink.net [75.108.247.235] (may be forged)) by mimosa.digista.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oAUMjXxF027918 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:45:33 -0600 X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.4 at mimosa Message-ID: <4CF57E86.4020600@remconinc.com> Disposition-Notification-To: David Moyer Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:45:26 -0600 From: David Moyer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Help - O2 sensor removal References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------010806050301070208040500" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------010806050301070208040500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------090309060501040905090707" --------------090309060501040905090707 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The first thing I would try is some catalyst type penetrating oil. If that doesn't work try applying some heat with a propane torch. When you install the new O2 sensor use some anti-seize on the treads to keep it from happening again. David Moyer On 11/30/2010 4:39 PM, Al Gietzen wrote: > > After about 130 hrs my O2 sensor seemed to be getting a little > sluggish; so I decided to replace it. I put a wrench on it and unable > to budge it. A bigger wrench and still no luck -- getting worried > about cracking the weld around the bung, or some other damage. Any > ideas about getting that thing loose? > > I didn't put anything on the threads when I put it in -- perhaps next > time; but what? > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html --------------090309060501040905090707 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The first thing I would try is some catalyst type penetrating oil. If that doesn't work try applying some heat with a propane torch. When you install the new O2 sensor use some anti-seize on the treads to keep it from happening again.

David Moyer

On 11/30/2010 4:39 PM, Al Gietzen wrote:

After about 130 hrs my O2 sensor seemed to be getting a little sluggish; so I decided to replace it. I put a wrench on it and unable to budge it. A bigger wrench and still no luck – getting worried about cracking the weld around the bung, or some other damage. Any ideas about getting that thing loose?

I didn’t put anything on the threads when I put it in – perhaps next time; but what?
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