RE: HELP - '84 5kS won't start after distributor work...

["G. Benedikt Rochow" <rochow@segsrv.hlo.dec.com>]

> ... I think the biggest thing to look for is whether or not the loose Hall
> sender wires ended up getting broken in the distributor.  If you pull off
> the dist cap, the rotor and dust shield you can see the metal cap that
> provides the Hall sender windows.  I'm concerned that a loose connector may
> have pushed the wires up into that metal cap and caused them to break ...
> your car needs the Hall sender's signal in order to run ...

In other words, cranking but no firing would be the symptom damaged
dist. Hall sensor wiring would cause?

Is there a simple way to electrically check that signal?
(What's it look like? I'm not at all familiar with the Hall
effect and related widgets.)

As far as checking for spark is concerned, would lack of this Hall
sensor signal cause teh ECU to cut off fuel, spark, or both?

-gbr