Anybody get a cam sensor code after swapping to the eaton brackets?

Did that with tin foil fri night and had the code on third crank cycle, I thought it was a kooky idea but I'm glad somebody else had the same idea lol.

Jamie R.
 
O yeah before shutting the door tonight I ran it about 5 more times and never got the code. So in total tonight I cycled the car on and off about 14 or 15 times and thankfully wasn't greeted with a cel. I'm gonna get both alt's I've used checked out tomorrow. Thanks again for the help and anymore ideas is very welcome!
One question here, how close on the marauder swaps have the atl pulley been to the cam sensor for any of y'all ?
 
Jamie R. said:
If y'all are north west of atl then yeah y'all are a ways off from me. If this car could be figured out by somebody I'm at the point though that I would drop it off somewhere cause I've worked on it and worked on it for a while now and longer than I ever imagined. Its like its so close now and if I wasn't now messing with the code the car would be at the house and not in my shop.

Jamie R.
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Well if you want a hand looking the car over feel free to let me know.
 
Thanks!! If y'all wasn't so far off it woulda already been there. Ok update to my update. Diode tested both alt's today and just tested for being good in general and both came up good with my old one actually being better. Soooooooo, for my last ditch effort with this bracket setup I ordered a new ford oem alt since the other cobra owner with no issues has a new ford oem on his cobra. I'm gonna put the new ford alt on and clearance the plastic on the sensor as much as his sensor was clearanced.
If I still get the code then I can feel like I tried about everything, and at that point the brackets will be for sale and the term setup will go on. Thanks.

Jamie R.
 
Jamie R. said:
Thanks!! If y'all wasn't so far off it woulda already been there. Ok update to my update. Diode tested both alt's today and just tested for being good in general and both came up good with my old one actually being better. Soooooooo, for my last ditch effort with this bracket setup I ordered a new ford oem alt since the other cobra owner with no issues has a new ford oem on his cobra. I'm gonna put the new ford alt on and clearance the plastic on the sensor as much as his sensor was clearanced.
If I still get the code then I can feel like I tried about everything, and at that point the brackets will be for sale and the term setup will go on. Thanks.

Jamie R.
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With all due respect that is the dumbest idea ever.
Find the problem, fix it and move on.
The termi setup is a nightmare
 
Well sorry its such a dumb idea but I shouldn't have a cel with that setup. My update is my ford guy said he can't get a new alt. Soooooo, I'm not sure what to do now with it. I've cleared that code prolly 8 times thought last week and I'm tired of messing with it and don't see why the code comes up except when the alt is pulled out of the equation the code goes away. Any ideas cause the term setup is looking more and more likely now that the ford alt isn't available.
 
Any other ideas? So far cel is there on third crank.
Alt out and cel hasn't been present after about 15 cranks. I'm open to suggestions.
 
Put the alternator back, but leave the belt off...see if your issue is due to the mass of the alternator in close proximity to the sensor or whether it's due to the spinning magnetic field interfering with the CPS signal. I don't know how that will help you solve the problem, but at least we'll all know what it is... :dunno:
 
So your wanting me to try leaving the alt on and hooked up but no belt, correct? Wth, I can try that cause I'm at the end here.

Jamie R.
 
Iirc the cam sensor is only looked at during starting. If it starts fine just turn the cel off. The sensor will still function
 
I really don't wanna turn that code off in the tune incase I actually needed to know if that code meant something at some point. I tried actually wrapping the sensor in tin foil a little better tonight along with having rubber tape under the tin foil. Code flashed on for me. So alt present I get a code with the alt being in that position in relation to the cam sensor. Without the alt present I never got a code. So I'm going to the 03-04 setup cause Ive worked on this long enough and spent money not needed on another alt that didnt fix it. Another guy suggested to me to try a reman ford alt and my dealer couldn't find one for my car or even a Mach1, not saying a larger dealer up north wouldn't have one but honestly to me that's throwing another 2 some odd bills at trying another one so I didn't check anymore with a larger dealer. I'm done with the brackets and yeah I like the idea of them a lot for not having to swap covers and not having the alt on the blower belt but for me the brackets just didnt work out. My bud with the cobra said he knew somebody that might want my brackets and if that falls through then ill either be listing the brackets for sale on here or if somebody is reading this they can pm me cause they'll be for sale shortly. My set is Terry's heavy duty set with the aux idler. Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Jamie R.
 
Simple or difficult problem has the same outcome as in nothing has worked for me on this. The only difference in the other cobra and mine is he has a shade more clearance on the same sensor I have and he has a new ford alt. My original alt is a oem ford and I got the code, got a reman parts store alt to try and I got the code, have had a new ford sensor and a cheapy sensor and have had the code. I've clearanced my sensor just as the other cobra owners is clearanced and have the code. If I take either alt out of the car I don't get the code. I feel like in my case its the close proximity of the alt to the sensor and I don't see any way around that. I could grind the alt bracket some to gain a little more clearance but as you know the alt bracket isn't very wide so I wouldn't gain much if any clearance doing that because there isn't a lot to be had from that. I do like the brackets but for me its time to move on, especially after taking the alt out the car and not getting the code because that let me know my wiring is ok as I suspected because I've never had this code until sticking the alt right basically in front of the sensor. I actually had the term setup sitting on the shelf before ever buying the brackets and wanted to use the brackets instead because I really liked the idea behind them. For me the alt deal just didnt work out. If I knew that yes indeed another ford alt would solve this I'd search until I found one but I honestly don't think another alt will help because I've went through two already. Ill be dusting off the term setup now and another bud of mine is already lining up his violin to sing the I told ya so song because he said to use the term setup. I do wish this had worked out but after a little over a week of seeing this code I'm ready to move on. Thanks again for all the idea to try.
 
I hear ya on the gnats lol. I do appreciate the offer and if I thought this could be resolved I'd drop it off somewhere. I just don't see how this can work unless maybe a reman ford or new ford alt will make it work. At this point after all I've tried I just don't care to throw more money at something maybe working. The term setup is going in first of next week or by this week and the car will be driving again and that's what I'm after. Thanks again.

Jamie R.
 
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