indiana89SC
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How the hell do you replace the crank sensor in an 89? I have the cover off, but the crankshaft pulley is too close for me to get to the two bolts holding it in.
remove belt then remove pully remove sensorindiana89SC said:How the hell do you replace the crank sensor in an 89? I have the cover off, but the crankshaft pulley is too close for me to get to the two bolts holding it in.
TbirdSCFan said:There are 2 ways: the XR7Dave way, and the TbirdSCFan way. My way, you go to Sears and buy a small set of metric tune-up wrenches. The bolts holding the sensor on are 5.5mm.. that's not very common. A 7/32" wrench is close enough and should work also. Then you crawl under after taking the pulley off and turn the tiny little bolts 1/100 of a turn at a time for about 5000 times.. Each time, you have to reset the wrench and you have to hold your arms up in the air while you're doing all this. I have to tell you it is quite frustrating.
Dave has you take the sensor bracket off, (not the sensor itself) and says its a lot easier. There are 3 bolts which hold the sensor bracket to the engine block. Clean it up with some simple green, get a good flashlight, and trace them down. These three are not the tiny one I mentioned, they are like 8 or 10mm or something like that. Good luck.
Then you crawl under after taking the pulley off and turn the tiny little bolts 1/100 of a turn at a time for about 5000 times.. Each time, you have to reset the wrench and you have to hold your arms up in the air while you're doing all this.