whats the easiest way to put a cam pos sensor housing on so that way you know it is time

 

you have to time the actual cam sensor, there should be a mark on the lobe tha goes into the cam and the housing line them up then install with cylinder 4@ top dead center on compression



crank sensor

 

how i timed it the first time was from the build book ill try this so put #4 at tdc compression put the relucter slot at 4 oclock and slide it to the hex

 

i did it wrong twice and the car just starts hard now

 

1.Rotate the crankshaft until number 4 piston is at top dead center (TDC) on the compression stroke
2.Align the timing mark on the housing with the timing mark on the hex shaft
3.Install the camshaft position sensor housing

thats all you'll need to do buddy

 

i keep getting tdc wrong its seems to be not on the compression stroke, i dont have a tester so i just felt for it to push up air and did it that way hahaha one day ill fix it, until then it just cranks a few more times until it starts

 

You just have to be careful w/ that cause you can f*ck up the security module. Dealership did it to my car, lol...

 

No your putting #1 on TDC probably which is your problem!

#1 is TDC and you can tell by looking at the cam gears, the intake side is pointing at 2oClock and the exhaust side is at 10oClock.. THAT IS #1.....

#4 is when they're at TDC and the Cam gears are not in the position I described.

 

so....whats the best way to set it? (sorry for bring it back from the dead)

 

sorry for co-signing the revival and going off topic :P

I want to use a cobalt lsj cam sensor on my L61 as I'm using a standalone ecu which can't read the L61's compression sense thingy. I realise it's on the exhaust cam and the L61 exhaust cam is short but I'm actually using a saab head and cams (long like the LSJ).
Could someone explain a little about how the cam sensor connects to the cam? I read somewhere about hex drive, but also something about needing to be "pressed on".. If anyone has some photos of it that would be great

BTW, I'm in europe before you ask why I'm using this engine configuration

 

here you go tom

 

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