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Old 10-13-2013, 10:57 PM
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I stuck my nose in Rockauto for a sec, and noticed a few things changed between 92 and 93, including harmonic balancer, and crank position sensor.

Also, if the car is still pretty well torn down so that the timing cover will come off easy, I recommend replacing the cam interrupter magnet on the new engine as well. The plastic retainers like to break on those and fling the magnets, setting a cam position sensor fault. They updated the design in 93. I think the 92 should work for you, but if it is easy to pull the timing cover off now, I say do it now, before the stupid thing breaks on you.

If it'* not convenient, don't worry about it. When it breaks it'* easy to spot and there are a couple of ways to get it.

Also, this gen is notorious for NOT throwing codes on Crank Position sensor related issues, you just have no ignition, no fueling (i believe), and a big question mark over everything. If you have access to the old engine, it would probably be a good idea to swap the components over.
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It appears the previous owner did replace the cam sensor, however i will have to check to see if the interrupter is in there.
I just took another look at the sensor, it doesnt look like i had the 0.020 clearance i needed, it was way bigger... I will re adjust it and go from there...
Unfortunately that car was junked, so I'm stuck with this one! However I should still get a voltage reading from that sensor and the metal disc regardless if the pcm is different, because the icm is getting power and so is the sensor.
As for the fuel, when you turn the key you can hear the fuel pump going, when its cranking you can smell fuel, and i pressed the purge valve on the injector rails and it shot out gasoline, however i have read enough posts here to know that if you have gas there it doesnt mean you are always getting it to your injectors...
Well ill keep picking away!
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Are the injectors pulsing at least? You can check with a 194/168 bulb on the harness. Cam sensor/ magnet is likely not the issue here, as it would set a code, but you will still get spark.
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How do you test the injectors pulsing with a bulb? Never done it!
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you just hook one lead up to battery positive and one to the injector signal, and it will flash. do you get the crank sensor signal at the sensor?
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I was searching the archives here, and there was one instance where someone was pulling a NA Engine out of a 93, and sticking it in a 92. There was talk of having to switch computers, or swapping many parts over. While this doesn't really apply to you, there was one point of interest, in that list was harmonic balancer and Crank Position Sensor. The issue was that the spacing and pattern was different on the tone rings. Different spacing means different crank sensor to fit in there.

I hate to say it, but 91-95 was a pretty weird time for GM. Seems like something was being changed around every year.
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so then will the 93 crank sensor and balancer fit the 92 engine
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Thanks for all your replies! Ive been doing some research on hall effect sensors, basically the sensor should always return 5v when the interuptor ring is not blocking the sensor magnets. When the interuptor ring is there it should read 0. So i should be able to test if it works at all by just taking the balancer off and checking for those 5 volts, maybe they did give me a bad new crank sensor... But im being bery hopeful and optimistic here.

From 92-93 they changed the sensors so you dont have to align it with the interuptor ring (which is a pain in the ***), it comes prealigned on the bracket. However the spacing shouldnt make a huge difference as long as the interuptor ring isnt touching the sensor, and it is breaking the sensor signal to create that square wavelength. I was wondering too if i could steal one off a 93...
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spacing makes a big difference in these circuits, just think of abs sensors they get just a little bit of dirt under it and it will throw the abs on. you dont want to take the chance of your timing being off.
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That is a good point, I will recheck i. i did spend a good amount of time trying to get the clearance, there'* very little space between the harmonic balancer and the engine to get the feeler gages in, so i could of got it wrong, never hurts to check!

I just dont know if im right focusing on this crank sensor or if it'* something else... could my tdm be grounding that signal from the sensor? I think i read somewhere they can do that. I have done the resistor bypass on this car, and currently when i open the door, the secuirity light is flashing, and when i turn the key to the on position, it blinks and then shuts off.. Thats normal right?


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