Craig0320
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Starting in 1995, the camshaft synchronizer was added in place of the distributor. This system uses a set of positioning sensors, one on the engines crankshaft and one on the engines camshaft, to determine when to fire the spark plugs. since the oil pump is driven by the camshaft via the distributor on this (and many "V" pushrod engines), Ford could not completely do away with the distributor. The bottom half that engages the camshaft and drives the oil pump would have to remain. Since the bottom half of the distributor would have to remain anyway, the easiest way to retrieve a camshaft position signal would be to mount a sensor right on top of this "cam syncro shaft" (or Camshaft Synchronizer).
So yes your dizyy drives the oil pump and will drop in place of the cam sychro. The cam synchro is at the back of the block on the 95 3.0 which is the same place of your dizzy now. You will not be using the sensors associated with the cam synchro so you can essentially leave the cam and crank sensors in place along with the harmonic balancer.
So yes your dizyy drives the oil pump and will drop in place of the cam sychro. The cam synchro is at the back of the block on the 95 3.0 which is the same place of your dizzy now. You will not be using the sensors associated with the cam synchro so you can essentially leave the cam and crank sensors in place along with the harmonic balancer.