I'm thinking about starting a search for the mating "cigarette lighter
shaped" mating connector to the generic O2.  That would make it a simple
plug on. May take some serious discussion with someone from Bosch or some
connector company.

Cheers, Tom Neal

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:

> This is a subject that I have been thinking about and also talking to others
> about for a while.  Talked to a guy that runs a business selling Catalytic
> Convertors and also Oxygen sensors.  I asked him if splicing the three wire
> oxygen sensor was a good idea.  He said "No" because the ECU is looking at
> microvoltage inputs from the Oxygen Sensor and a butt splice would cause a
> resistance (although a small one) that would make the ECU get false readings
> (he called it a "lazy" oxygen sensor).  He said maybe a solder splice would
> be acceptable, but I have seen most folks idea of soldering and it ain't
> pretty (leave this to the pros).  He said that he only sells direct plug in
> oxygen sensors for this reason.  He was not financially motivated in telling
> me this since he didn't have any 3 wire Vanagon oxygen sensors to sell.  This
> was merely his experience.
>
> So does anyone else have an opinion on this one?  I mean I would love to sell
> the cheapy universal 3 wire sensors but not if they are going to cause
> performance problems or loss of mpg in a customer's van.  The price
> difference is quite a bit though.  The universal (u-splice-it) is $30 while
> the plug in oxygen sensor is normally $120 (however I have a special on it
> for the next couple of days for $100).  I would actually make more money
> selling the universal one but, as I said, I just don't feel comfortable with
> this.
> Ken Wilford
> Van-Again
> John 3:16
>