****. It'* gone. I was turning the engine, and it happened to stop at the cam sensor hole. Stuck my finger in the hole, I feel no magnet in the sprocket. I have a feeling it'* in the oil pan, as I have a few neomydium magnets stuck to the pan. I would assume the magnet is a dealer part? I can't find it on Advance'* site. :?

It'* probably sold as part of the timing gear (i.e., not intended to be removed ) Unless someone else pipes up with a part number, I would hit a dealer and try to get a number for just the magnet alone. Otherwise, somebody on the list might have a spare camshaft timing gear that a magnet can come off of.

Really, changing it isn't a big deal. It'* not like the oilpan has to come off, or the motor needs to be lifted off the mounts to get to it. A couple of hours worth of work and you are back in business with a new timing chain set.

This is common on our Vin C motors as well. Heres a link to a write-up over on LeSabreT. It should at least cover the basics of how to change it out if you haven't figured it out for yourself yet.

http://lesabret.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=5896

The rear of that magnet looks an awful lot like the vin C magnet... I wonder if its the same part? If you can find a picture of just the magnet for your engine I can post a pic of just the magnet for the vin C engine.

Rock Auto to the rescue!

For 1992 SSEi:

ACDELCO Part # 25530386
MAGNET,CM/SHF POSN SEN

$8.60

good link:

http://padgett.ws/cars/cammag.htm