Crankshaft position sensor

[treblot]

Does anyone know if the 87 2.3 use a crankshaft position sensor? My chiltons shows a picture of it but it is not on the schematic.

 

[Beanmachine7000]

No, DIS started in '89... Wait a minute, you should have a 2.0 in your Ranger, and it should have a dizzy, no CPS... Didn't all Ranger 2.3 use DIS and they didn't start till '89 right?

 

[ceraboy]

No the 2.3 was introduced in 83. Distributor less Ignition started in 89 on the 2.3 with the addition of 2 spark plugs per cylinder.

 

[Beanmachine7000]

Yeah, I know DIS started in '89, I just read something in the Tech Library and it said something about only the 2.0 until '89... It confused me...

 

[treblot]

Ok, so the crankshaft position sensor is used with the distributorless system? I am confused because I am using a 89 block in a 87 truck which uses the distributor, but I do not see where the crankshaft position sensor connects to anything on the wiring harness.

 

[Beanmachine7000]

That's because you're trying to use a DIS engine with a non-DIS wiring harness... You really need the wiring harness from the '89 truck...

 

[treblot]

I switched the cylinder head to a 87 DIS, so I should not need the crankshaft position sensor should I?

 

[Beanmachine7000]

So, you're saying you have an '89 DIS block, with an '87 non-DIS head? If that's the case, I would say no, you don't need it...

 

[treblot]

No its the other way around. I have a '87 DIS head with a '89 non-DIS block, however the block has the hole for a distributor. I am taking off the coil packs, so I really don't need the crackshaft sensor do I?