Stupid quick question, and a slightly harder one about 5000tq...

[Bernard Littau]

Hi Cody,

> I'm still on no start today, and its really getting troublesome.
> Multimeter reads ok ohm resistance between ECU and hall sensor,
> and LED test light shows the proper flickering on both hal side
> and ECU side, but the car still says its not reciveing hall
> signal. I'm thinking about running my own wiring to replace the
> old ones as they have hardened up pretty bad and are very
> fragile. I don't have volume 2 of the Bentley which covers
> wireing diagrams, so can anybody tell me if theres anything that
> splits off from the 3 hall sendor wires between it and the ECU
> that I need to know about?
>

Would you please check the alignment of the Hall Sender?  OK, maybe you have
done this, but at least let us know in that case.

Find TDC on #1 (on the compression stroke), and then line up the distributor
finger to the little notch on the distributor housing.

Since the car ran, we know we are not off far, so you should be able to bump
the motor to close to the correct TDC by using the notch and finger.  Than
make sure you are TDC and check, and perhaps correct, the distributor
alignment.

At this point, alignment is not your most likely issue, but it sure would be
nice to rule this out so we aren't chasing something else thinking this is
ok.

Best,

Bernard Littau
Woodinville, WA
'88 5ktq