[V8] hall sensor
Eric Gambon
eric.gambon at gmail.com
Mon Jan 24 04:41:13 PST 2011
Its def in the dizzy, I have mine out it looks to be exactly the same as a
16v VW one. There is a DIY on how to rebuild them if you need to. I found
that mine appears to still be working
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 23:58, Steve Buchholz <urq at pacbell.net> wrote:
> 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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