tioga Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 (edited) Used a Lathe, file, drill and belt sander. Came out really well. I wasn’t sure how I was going to hold down the sensor. At first I thought I would weld a boss for the screws to go into. I like my solution. I will make a spacer for the screw so it fill the gap between the sensor and the hold down tab. Edited January 27, 2020 by tioga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tioga Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 I will swap out the multi window shutter with a single window. I just had that one laying around and they are the same other than window count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossman Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Nice work! Is that an optical sensor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tioga Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Hall effect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben280 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Nice work! Looks rad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkaw Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Very cool- always need options . Did you check out the Jeep version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuffyMahoney Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Looks pretty awesome. Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tioga Posted January 30, 2020 Author Share Posted January 30, 2020 I had seen the Jeep. It has been done before. I am a European mechanic by trade so I am biased towards Bosch senders. I now the reliability of this sensor and was already using the Volvo version so the swap will be plug and play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tioga Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Installed it today. Looks pretty good. For some reason Bosch reversed the power and ground pins on the Audi sensor from the Volvo. After I swapped the pins it ran just like it did before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETI2K Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) That's a very elegant solution. I especially like the way you used the circumferential groove to captivate a threaded fitting and standoff for securing the sensor - that's sort of a question, really, to be sure I am seeing it correctly. Been looking for a way to implement a cam sensor for a while now. I think as soon as I can run my lathe again, I'll do the same thing. What vehicle is the sensor for? EDIT: Found one from a '95 Audi 90 that looks similar. Never underestimate what one can accomplish when there's nothing to do but sit in front of a computer for countless hours a day. 😁 Thanks for sharing your design, tioga. Edited March 25, 2020 by ETI2K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Wow I missed this post. Great work Tioga. Very clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tioga Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 Thanks Derek. I was very happy with how it came out. Et12K yes it is a Audi sensor. Used through 2005 on lots of different models. Early cars used single window shutter wheel on cam to trigger. You will want one of them. Later cars used multi window of varying size. At least on AEM it requires a full revolution of the cam to sync where single window only needs the one window to pass. The cool thing audi did with the multi window sensor was they could use it in the event of a crank sensor failure and the car ran fine. Not many cars out there that use a crank sensor that will run without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmeatk Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 tioga, this thing is rad! Where did you poach the distributor pedestal / stem from, a L28 turbo distributor? Those seem to be getting harder to come by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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