Red, the $300 Alpine Wagon, is running!!!!!!!

 

I had issues with the crank and camshaft sensors that I discussed here. Turns out not only was the cam sensor bad, but, they were also miswired; the crankshaft sensor was wired into the camshaft circuit and vise-versa. I went to the boneyard yesterday and got a cranshaft sensor with the lead still attached. When I tried to install it I found that the wires on my engine were leading to the wrong sensor. This may have been my fault.

 

I wanted to use the sensors from the newer engine because it had quick disconnects at the sensors, and I though that would be cool to have, which meant I had to splice the quick connect ends onto the wires leading to the sensors. The wires to the cam sensor had been cut and spliced, but I don't remember if the crank sensor was also modified, but regaurdless, after I had connected the connector, the wires were backwards.

 

I rewired the cam sensor to the right lead, installed the new crank sensor, and the engine still wouldn't start. The ECU was throwing a cam sensor error, so I replaced it with my spare. Still the same result. I wondered if both my cam sensors could be bad. Just for the heck of it, since they both work in the same manner, I installed one of my spare crank sensors into the cam position (it is smaller than the cam sensor so it fit in the sensor bracket). Turned the key... and vroom. SUCCESS!!!

 

There are still some things that need to be done with Red, and I will discuss that soon. But right now I have to get into my attic before it gets too hot, and fix a ceiling fan that is falling through the ceiling.

 

Another happy ending!

It is so nice to hear that another Soob will be on the road again.