You do impress too easily! Let me further impress you. The "special" tool can be recreated in seconds with just your fingers and a paper clip. Straighten it out then bend into a U shape and presto you have a lambda reset tool. The lambda counter was supposed to be tamperproof so you need a mechanic to reset it something like the Mercedes oil reminder light, there you need a $60 plug to shut the damm light off! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "David Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx> wrote: > Don't you just love it when someone comes up with such an elegant > solution to a problem you only have to solve every 30,000 miles > (probably about every 10 years for must of us)! What a dedicated > group! Gus - I'm impressed (maybe too easily) > > Dave Swingle > > --- In dmcnews@xxxx, gus@xxxx wrote: > > It's difficult to reset the lambda counter without removing it, but > it > > can be done. ...> I reset mine by making an impression of the dial > with clay, marking > > the clay with ink, and pressing a small piece of plastic against the > > clay; I used a plastic bottle cap. The ink left two dots on cap, > > forming a template. I tapped two small brads into the dots and cut > > them to about 1-2 mm high with a dremel. > > > > Or, you could remove and replace. > > > > > > Gus Schlachter