{"id":4934,"date":"2019-05-05T21:18:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T01:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/?p=4934"},"modified":"2019-05-06T18:43:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T22:43:22","slug":"distributor-cam-sensor-wiring-repair-xj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/distributor-cam-sensor-wiring-repair-xj\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributor (Cam Sensor) wiring repair XJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Correcting a problem with the wires to the distributor on my XJ<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the triggers to my engine swap was I thought my distributor was bad.  I had a no start condition and a code for the cam sensor that lives int eh distributor.  So I ordered a new distributor and and new engine for it to go in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>But as I was removing the engine I found the problem was really with the wiring harness, not the distributor wiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"342\" height=\"608\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bad-wires.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4935\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bad-wires.jpg 342w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/bad-wires-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I tried covering the bare wires with liquid electrical tape. That worked for a while but it rubbed off when the wire fell onto the motor mount.  I tried  couple of other ways to insulate the wires but each had its own failure method in the hot engine environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liquid-tape.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4938\" width=\"498\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liquid-tape.jpg 995w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liquid-tape-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/liquid-tape-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While I was at Pull A Part getting race car parts, I stepped across the aisle and found a 91 Cherokee and snipped out eh part of the harness that I needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I used some of the heat shrink\/solder connections to join the wires. And since the clip was broken on the donor connector, I added a zip tie to hold it in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1082\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wirereapir.jpg?fit=525%2C295\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4936\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wirereapir.jpg 1082w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wirereapir-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wirereapir-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wirereapir-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully this will end my cam sensor error problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Correcting a problem with the wires to the distributor on my XJ One of the triggers to my engine swap was I thought my distributor was bad. I had a no start condition and a code for the cam sensor that lives int eh distributor. So I ordered a new distributor and and new engine &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/distributor-cam-sensor-wiring-repair-xj\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Distributor (Cam Sensor) wiring repair XJ&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[210,6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4940,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4934\/revisions\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikestrawbridge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}