Devo55
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- September 25, 2021
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- City, State
- Los Angeles, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1993 Explorer Sport
I have a 93 Ford Explorer Sport and it's been throwing a constant check engine light for at least a couple months. Code: the dreaded 214. Sometimes my rpms will drop a little while idling but not all the time. I've been having a hard time finding a mechanic shop that would even look at it since my truck is OBD1 and they can't hook up their OBD2 scan machine to it. The cam position sensor is in the worst possible spot, at the back of the engine by the firewall, hard to get to, even hard to see. The cam pos sensor is the old style with the sight glass and the 90 degree angle plug (see picture below). It doesn't squeak or make any noise so I'm thinking maybe it's purely electrical, just the synchronizer with the plug on top is bad. It's metal but they're two separate pieces. What if I just take out the two screws and change the top part with sight glass? If my timing is already lined up good would that even work? That could save a lot of time. I've seen people with newer Fords (96 and up) with a different cam sensors just take out the two long screws of the round black plastic synchronizer and replace. Boom! Finished. No alignment. No dead center engine. None of that good stuff. Any advice out there?
PS - I bought a new cam position sensor (sight glass type) and Orielly's website said it needed the installation tool (camshaft alignment tool kit Cardone 84-8400T) for proper fitment. Paid $40 online for the kit of plastic snap-on cap inserts only to find out they don't work with older sight glass model cam sensors. Thanks Orielly's.
PS - I bought a new cam position sensor (sight glass type) and Orielly's website said it needed the installation tool (camshaft alignment tool kit Cardone 84-8400T) for proper fitment. Paid $40 online for the kit of plastic snap-on cap inserts only to find out they don't work with older sight glass model cam sensors. Thanks Orielly's.