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[Martin_1962]

Not sure on the route I have done.

from behind engine to brake pipes near the ABS controller, then on lower aircon pipe and then under the exhaust manifold.

I had to do this route as I was getting soaked and needed the transport.

SHould it be OK?

[x25xe]

This is the route that I took when I changed my sensor.  It seems to be OK so far!  I will be posting some pics later on today for Marks DTM.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Thats about right.....on the 2.5/3.0 (and I think the slot is still there on the 2.6/3.2 cable trays) I pop the cover off the passenger side cable tray that runs over the 2-4-6 head and pull the crank sensor loom wires back so they can exit out the side slot of the tray (where the idle valve wire would go on the early engines).

This makes it even easier to wire in as there is more slack.

[Martin_1962]

So it isn't too near the down pipe/manifold then?

I'll do a picture tonight as I am a little unsure!!

The original route looks worse though!

[x25xe]

Thats about right.....on the 2.5/3.0 (and I think the slot is still there on the 2.6/3.2 cable trays) I pop the cover off the passenger side cable tray that runs over the 2-4-6 head and pull the crank sensor loom wires back so they can exit out the side slot of the tray (where the idle valve wire would go on the early engines).

This makes it even easier to wire in as there is more slack.

That seems an ideal route to me - I did not know that the cabling for the crank sensor went along that cable tray.  I will modify my instillation.

[x25xe]

OK.  Here are the pictures of my present crank sensor cable route as promised.  I will, though, be modifying this to include the cable tray as Marks DTM suggests.  Hope they are useful..............

1.  Here are the connectors at the top of the plenum for the sensor.  The green arrow is the new connector, the black is the old which I have left in place



2.  I cable tied the cable to the vac pipe



3.  Using another cable tie, I then attached the cable to this pipe



4.  The cable then runs past an A/C pipe



5.  And then past this pipe



6.  The cable then goes into the darkness of the engine bay and leads to the crank sensor



7.  This is a view from the top, showing the exhaust manifold, down pipe and sensor cable



I hope that the pictures are fairly easy to follow / work out.  It is quite hard to focus the camera on just the cable / connections!

[Martin_1962]

Mine is in a simlar position by the manifold

[x25xe]

This route has not caused me any problems up to now - however, it has only been on the car for a short while!  I will, I think, change it as Mark suggests.

[Marks DTM Calib]

By re-routing out of the side of teh cable tray as described you get a few benfits

1) More slack to allow you to route the cable even further from the hot bits.
2) Access to the crank sensor plug is now so dam easy any future problmes are childs play.

[wakeyomega]

Thanks for the pictures and the responses - that gives me a bit more confidence for doing mine.

Pat

[Paulus]

I can't find the end connector on mine . I've stripped the leaf screen off, but it is well hidden. I'll keep looking as I need to do it - no rev counter at the mo.

[x25xe]

Have you managed to locate the large electrical connector in the middle at the back of the engine?  My crank sensor cable connector was next to this and I did not have to remove the wiper scuttle.

[Timbuk]

I can't find the end connector on mine . I've stripped the leaf screen off, but it is well hidden. I'll keep looking as I need to do it - no rev counter at the mo.

Make sure you're not looking too hard for it, it is actually right in front of you waiting to slap you in the face