[Shotimes] SHO left me stranded... 50 yards from a Ford dealer

[Mike Bruce]

Alright, I've hit a snag.  I can't seem to get the crank bolt out.  I
think the 'tech' who did the 60k on this car lock-tited the thing onto
the crank.  I tried an impact wrench (even boosted the pressure on the
air tank past a safe limit), starter bump, impact wrench with pipe
wrench on the socket.  What are my options beyond what I have tried so
far?  

Good news is the water pump drain hole shows absolutely no signs of
leaking.  

Tomorrow night I plan to put in a new cam seal and sensor.  If I can get
the crank bolt out, I'll throw in a new timing belt and CPS.  The CPS is
the only part that I don't have in stock, but I can get one over-nighted
from North Jersey.  Is it possible that the relay box on top of the
radiator and fan has gone bad?

> The SHO would always pull crap like that on me before
> class. It would never malfunction after class. Stupid
> car-I blame my undergrad GPA on the SHO. :)

That is so true.  Windshield mystery crack and SHO Shop fiasco senior
year high school, Oil pan failure last year, and now this most recent
unsolved mystery.  Not counting all the little things that made me sorta
late for class.  Maybe I should ride my bike.  Only 14 miles each way.

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David Carmean
Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:28 PM
To: lewis
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHO left me stranded... 50 yards from a Ford
dealer

This is how mine behaved; it would start fine, usually run OK.  
Once in a while it would start the bucking bronco act and I'd pull 
over, shut it off and wait for a while, and it usually started and 
ran OK again for a while.

Nick replaced the cam position sensor for me several months ago and 
it's run fine since then.


On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 05:59:01PM -0500, lewis wrote:
> I don't know how or when the cam sensor works, but my car would start
> bucking and surging and acting like it was running on 4 or 5
cylinders.
> After almost moving every wire I could (with the car idleling poorly)
I hit
> upon the camshaft sensor wiring harness.  When I moved it one
way(right
> where the wires go into the sensor), the car would run great.  Move it
to
> the other side then poorly.  I took it apart and couldn't see anything
wrong
> with the wiring harness.  Probably a break inside the wire jacket.
Bought a
> new one, installed it, no problems since.  So I guess the sensor sends
some
> kind of signal to the computer.
> 
> Will Lewis
> 95 red mtx
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Paul L Fisher
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:47 PM
> To: 'Ian Fisher'; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] SHO left me stranded... 50 yards from a Ford
> dealer
> 
> 
> I thought cam sensors were only used for starting?
> 
> 
> Paul L Fisher
> 
> Visit my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
> SHOClub Member: http://www.shoclub.com
> Amsoil dealer: http://www.paul-fisher.com/oil
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:25 PM
> To: Mike Bruce; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] SHO left me stranded... 50 yards from a Ford
dealer
> 
> The SHO would always pull crap like that on me before
> class. It would never malfunction after class. Stupid
> car-I blame my undergrad GPA on the SHO. :)
> 
> I suspect the cam sensor. Could be a bad crank sensor
> but the cam is easier to swap out and check first.
> Less than $40 at AZ. If you want, I can Priority mail
> a few used ones to you tomorrow. Did the tach read 0
> rpm when you managed to get it started and it was
> running rough?  I had a cam sensor fail me in the
> backwoods of Poughkepsie NY. Thank god the car started
> fine and I drove home to NJ the next day-it was one of
> my first SHO malfunctions (the first of many).
> 
> Ian
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