re: Milano O2 sensor

[r herzog <z0g@domain.elided>]

Mike,

I always wondered how to do that, but it looks like for all the headache it 
would have been better to just buy the right one from a Alfa only parts 
vendor.  I looked it up and they run around $70 - $80.


to name names ....
http://www.centerlinealfa.com/
Oxygen Sensor V/6 2.5 83 on


Hope this info is helpful for anyone else looking at changing the o2.

CIAO

Robert Herzog
(Past)65 & 69 Spider, 69 GTV, 79 GTV, 84 GTV6, 87 MILANO
Looking for the right 164


>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:55:55 -0500
>From: mcosgrove@domain.elided
>Subject: Milano O2 sensor

>The O2 sensor on my '87 Milano Verde is long past due for 
> >replacement.Installed now is a generic  3 wire I got from Maduko.  It 
> >came with no plugs,requiring use of the terminals from the garbage >bound 
>sensor.  A local storesold me (and I quickly returned ) a Beck >Arnley 
>generic  that made the car runas badly as it ever has.  They >had no 
>listing for an '87 Verde in theircomputer, so I opted for a  >Bosch P/N 
>13069, supposedly right for an '88 Verde.Why would the '88 >be different 
>from the '87 I naively asked myself.  Looked good'til I >went to plug it 
>in.  The wires to the ECU had the same terminals as >thewires on the 
>sensor!  Female on female (or is it male and male) >may work withpeople but 
>it doesn't in electronics.  Back at the parts >store, now looking at
>the Bosch catalog, the listing showed the 13069 for a 1988-89 Verde >but a 
>13005for 1987!  The 13005 was essentially unavailable.

>Now AlfaBill tells me the current books list a 13061 for all Milanos >and 
>164s.Is my Verde preproduction, put together with bits they had >sitting 
>around?  I had a '61 European spec Fiat 600 in my college >days that was 
>half 600, half 600D, so I know the feeling.  Can I take >a 13061, do some 
>connector splicing and be back in business with it?  >Has anyone else out 
>there had a similar problem ?

>Now to the misunderstood question category, I was really wondering >how 
>many armored Alfa6's there may be out there now, not how many >stock ones.

>Mike Cosgrove


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