Craig's O2 sensor,Jason's wheel brg advice.

[John Larson <jdlarson@ix.netcom.com>]

We've been here before. Bosch lists no 3 wire universal sensor, although
we've been getting a non-Bosch one from Worldpac at a pretty good price.
Bosch, and VW/Audi are pretty particular about the use of universal
sensors, and the 1 wire unit is available under 2 DIFFERENT part
numbers, one for cars that have the sensor in the exhaust manifold and
one for cars with the sensor downstream in the header pipe or on the
converter. I would trust them more than a parts counter guy who, in all
likelihood doesn't have the R&D resources available to him to make his
suggestions worth the air to carry them out of his mouth.
Jason's advice about wheel bearings is sound. However, a bearing supply
house is not very likely to carry wheel bearings of the type we use as
they are automotive specific bearings, and don't fall within his general
area of commerce. The automotive bearings, especially the European ones,
he can get are often reboxed units with a significant markup. I recently
had to have a Rabbit front wheel bearing late at night: $56.00 at
Kragen. $32.00 at  the VW dealer, 18.00 at a foreign auto parts store,
$12. wholesale from my supplier. So much for their "lowest price,
guaranteed". Local, old line American car part stores are getting about
double the foreign car parts store prices across the board for bearings
like this. You should shop around, maybe even the German car specialty
shops will make you the best prices on things like this, they mostly buy
from large warehouse distributors, or they should, and get really good
deals on fast moving parts like this.
Good luck!
John