Ray and Bretwalda, thank you. I can certainly voudge for you guys too. I have to give Ray some credit - I did deliver the gas tank, but he also picked up Carlos' old brush gaurd that I bought and met me at his work to swap it for the tank.

And guys, really, all you need to do is a litle search to see how many postings there are about "bad" mechanics. That's why I can respect the good ones. Lucky for me this is an automotive forum, so there's probably not many about "bad" Lawyers.

As for my experience with mechanics, the wrongful death cases I've handled are probably the worst (one guy who's '65 mustang was literally run over with him in it by a semi after his tire - in the words of Ron White - "fell the f-ck off" because the tire shop mechanic was admittedly absent minded and did not tighten the bolts). But one that stands out was a well known mechanic/shop owner in East San Diego, very prominent in his community, who was crying to me about how hard it is to make a living being a mechanic - this was while I was defending the guy for putting oil in a car's brake fluid reservoir in order to cause "an eventual break down of the fluid" so he can redo the vehicle's brakes. That vehicle, belonging to a 59 year old widow, careened into a church parking lot on a Sunday morning after its brakes failed and took out seven people. Thankfully no one was killed. We settled it for the the guy's full $1 million garage policy and I believe the plaintiffs lawyers were going after him personally - I hope they took every last cent he had. Keep telling me I have no reason to be skeptical, I'll tell you some more stories.

I'll be the first to admit, the same shtick goes for lawyers - a few bad apples ruin the bunch. My wife and I don't even trust a majority of those in our profession - there's a reson for all those jokes. Facts are.

Oh, I took automotive 100 (basic) and automotive 104 A and B (engines) in junior college. I stopped there because I had trasferred to a four year and, really, with an old hot rodder for a father, I learned all I needed to know to work on my own vehicles at the time, occasionally with dad's help(Volkwagens with manual transmission - is there any better father/son bonding than cursing together at a stuck bolt?). I admit that I'm a bit clueless when it comes to electrical, diagnostics and automatic transmissions, but I've rebuilt my share of motors, from VWs to V8s (if you're ever in O-side I'll take you for a ride in our boat with the 305 I rebuilt), a few manual transmissions and replaced plenty of clutches. On my 91 Monty I did the timing belt and while I was at it, took the heads off to get the valve guide seals done - that's all that truck ever needed aside from brakes and oil changes and the occasional filters - one of the reasons I bought the 97.

Now, if I got offended at every lawyer joke, I'd need to find a new job (my engineer friend finds at least one new one every week for me). Lucky for mechanics, they don't get poked fun at.

Anyway, again, I didn't meen to offend.

If I can garner any advise, the fault code is "P0135 O2 Sensor Heater Circuit Malfuntion (Bank 1 Sensor 1)"

Thanks again.

Take care,

Jim