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Thank you, Olnick and Fairtax4me. That gives me some more confidence. And as long as the cheapo ebay sensor doesn't hurt the performance of the car then I'll be very happy; And with the money I save I can totally justify buying a torque wrench, right?

Hey fishy. I actually watched your video the other day. I found it on youtube before I joined the forum. Thanks for making it! I guess I'm just a very literal person and the wire coming off the sensor is what I can't quite understand. I'll take lots of pics of how it's on there now and just try to match it up the best I can. Thanks again.

Hi there. Very informative thread. This is my first post to the forum. My mother has a 2000 Outback Limited sedan and she got a CEL on and off for six months or so, she took it to the dealer and they recommended a new knock sensor and want to charge her $380 for the pleasure. I've been trying to save her money and do some stuff for her and this seems like a fairly easy fix but one thing intimidates me and that is getting the orientation of the wire correct. I look at the original post and I'm still a bit confused. Any tips on ways to get the angle and orientation exactly correct? I really don't want to screw up anything. ALSO, are the sensors available on ebay just as good as the OEM? The parts dept at the dealer wants $118 for the sensor and I see they are $10 on ebay. Quite a difference. Thanks in advance.