Hello,

I jsut installed a new cap and rotor. The old ones were in poor shape. During the reinstall, on the bottom of the distributor I could feel and see a plastic block with wires that seemed to go directly into the distributor body, and they were more or less just flopping around. On a short leash, but still, oily--and it seemed wrong.

Do you know what this is and how it should be secured?

Thanks.

Hall sensor connector. Cost about $2.

http://www.brickboard.com/FAQ/700-900/ElectricalIgnition.htm#DoesMyCarHaveaHallorRPMSensor
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Thanks, I do post back- if you search my posts you will see. I read the FAQ and what I seem to understand is that the plastic block with the wires is not the hall sensor itself, but the connecttions to the hall sensor that is in the distributor. I am wondering still if the wire block should be flopping around out there.

Nope. It generally means the plastic block is broken. Easy replacement, but you have to pull the distributor.
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WEll, Maybe I should...yuck. I'd better study the FAQ.

If its bouncing around, the wires get chaffed. Then short out against the distributor body and car quits running.
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