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falcon crank angle sensor

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Can anyone confirm whether the ford falcon straight 6 crank angle sensor is compatible with a delco DIS set up? It has two wires just like a holden ABS sensor but has two lugs on its side making it easier to mount than an ABS sensor. I don't want to go to the effort of making a bracket for it if it isnt going to work... :thumbdown:

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do you know what type it is, reluctor ?
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Im not sure? is there an easy way to tell? The tip is magnetic just like the holden abs sensors..
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more than likely thats what it is then...

you really need to get some more information, like a datasheet or similar
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Two wires is going to be a reluctor - some ford reluctors use 3 pins, but these have a small length of cable leading from the sensor head and have two signal wires and a shield connection. Measure the resistance between the two pins, should be a few K ohms.

It will most likely work with a DIS module, they dont seem to be very picky on sensors. Can setup a simple test rig with a drill and trigger wheel on the bench, the module makes sparks on its own without the ECU so needs hardly any connections.
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I just measured the resistance between the two pins, the holden abs sensors measured 1682 where as the ford sensor only measured 340. I guess this means i cant use the ford sensor?
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The saab ABS sensor I use measures at just under 1k ohm.
Does your ford sensor measure the same resistance in both polarities? If so it's a reluctor (I'm pretty sure it is anyway) and should work ok.
As VL400 said, wire up power and the sensor to your DIS module and spin your crank pulley in a drill, you'll know pretty quickly if it will work or not ;)
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Holden202T wrote:do you know what type it is, reluctor ?

yes its reluctor,

has only 2 wires and twisted pair.
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Are these available without the dirty 4 letter word on them, I don't know if I could live with myself if it was on my car. :D
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lol, get a soldering iron and run the tip over it !!
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