[V8] hall sensor

[Steve Buchholz]

Methinks they are considerably different beasts ... I believe the CPS is mounted prominently behind the cam pulley, not buried in the base of a dizzy.  I've done Hall senders on I-5 distributors & on my BMW motorcycle, but as I recall the V8 version isn't plainly visible when the cap is removed.

It is true that if they got it in there somehow, it has to be possible to take it out ... and yain't gonna break it any worse in trying to fix it, but I have to say that #344 seemed to run just fine even with the Hall Sender code ...

Steven Buchholz (mobile)

----- Reply message -----
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>
Date: Sun, Jan 23, 2011 4:02 pm
Subject: [V8] hall sensor
To: <v8 at audifans.com>

 > Eric Gambon wrote:
 >> Is it possible to replace the hall sensor without getting a new distributor?
Dave Saad wrote:
> Define "possible".
>
> The unit is pressed together, and the individual sensor part is not available.
> If yours is dead though, and you have the means to get it apart and back together again, there is a tiny possibility that you could retrofit something in there.
> Definitely not worth the effort if you can find a used part somewhere.  It is funny that this came up already today - but a distributor off a VW 4 cylinder of the same era has a very similar hall sensor setup.  I looked at trying to retrofit but found a used unit instead.  It was way beyond what I could do in my garage with a big hammer.

Define possible. :)
The S-car list did a group buy on just a Hall sensor, to be adapted/spliced/fit 
into their Crank Position Sensor. I believe the part number was BBHME301.
<http://www.bbautomacao.com/home_hall_effect_vane_sensors.html>

You might be able to find a similar sensor for the V8 distributor, and 
adapt/splice/fit it in.

-- 
Kent McLean
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad Puppy"

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