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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 09:12 PM
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Question crankshaft position sensor error???

alrighty, I have a 95 f150 5.8 that I updraded to a 96 computer /w maf + all the other goodies obd2 needs.

Well I am getting an o2 error, probably because I do not have a cat o2 sensor installed. I am also getting an crankshaft position sensor error. Any ideas on why I would be getting that? I mean the sensor is in the distributor isn't it?
Not only that, the error comes and goes. Sometimes it is there, right when I start the truck, and other times it isn't and never comes on.

Now my truck isn't road worthy yet, so I have only had it running in my driveway, but I either get both codes or none at all. I am stumped.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 10:51 PM
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Aftermarket tuning can be used to turn off the rear 02 sensor(s), that or add the wiring and sensor.

My tuning experience is with EEC-4/OBD-1 mass air and speed density, but there may be a function/system switch that can be changed to tell the ECU to ignore the crank sensor.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 04:43 AM
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Judging from another thread I read here a few days ago, there is apparently a misfire sensor mounted where the timing pointer is mounted on older engines. Perhaps this is what the computer is looking for?
 
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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I thought it was using the same one that the 95 ecm was using. The one in the distributor? Any ideas?
 
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Old Mar 26, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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is it the same as a misfire sensor?
 
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