Jeff Gilbert wrote: > > What kind of symptoms would one expect from a shorted/inconsistent Hall > Sender? Mine's a little suspect, broken where it attaches to the Disto, > had to do a little rewiring in there as well. > > I've done most of the electrical diagnostics on the Hall, and it seems > fine, but Im wondering it its getting jerked around and shorting somewhere > while the van is moving. Fun things - the engine will cut out (for anywhere from parts of a second to multiple seconds) and might appear to buck (as the ECU starts delivering both fuel and spark, you'll get a short surge of power). The tell tale sign of this problem is that the tach drops while the engine is still spinning, well that and the wiggly elbow on the distro... dave |
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