[V8] Hall sender / theories?

[DasWolfen at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/6/04 8:21:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
lyddall at netzero.com writes:

> I got  a new distributor and installed it last night to replace the one 
> with the broken hall sender.  ($80 from Force5 and a replacement door 
> mirror unit for $25).  I still have the same problem of really rough idle 
> and hesitation/engine vibration when you push the gas.  The fault code is 
> 2113 (hall sender), but I've tested the sender and it is blinking when it 
> should and seems to have the correct voltages as described in the shop 
> manual.

 This certainly sounds familiar..... Rough idle, hesitation, fully 
operational hall sensor being coded..... Last time I saw saw those three symptoms 
together the T/B was off a tooth. The ecu only looks for the hall sensor during a 
specific period of time, if it doesnt see it during that time it codes the 
sensor, backs off the timing, and ignores the knock sensors.

> 
> Is it possible that when I put the old distributor on and broke the cover 
> that keeps the hall sender wires in place that the distributor jammed 
> enough that it moved the cam sprocket and now the timing is now off a few 
> degrees?

 You'll strip the teeth off the belt before you'll get the gear to turn on 
the cam. 

> 
> I don't really want to do a t-belt job on this car (160k) - not to mention 
> I don't have the locking plates or any of the other tools needed.


 Want to or not thats the only fix.