Yeah...I priced out a new CPS from Finishline at about $80--nothing too bad (I 
wanted to call Tommy for some other parts, anyway).  I've set air gap on 
my old Miata, so I'm confident I can do it here.  As for wires, I can do 
that, too.  I had suspected that they would need replacing as well.

-Bryan

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--- On Thu, 5/29/08, Matt Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Matt Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: '02 Bucking Without CEL - Update
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: "Miata Power List" <[email protected]>, "Miata Mailing List" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 3:13 PM

not always a magnet, but they're pretty reliable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_effect_sensor

they sense changes in electromagnetic field when ferrous materials come
close.

And they do occasionally fail.  New ones aren't terribly expensive or hard
to replace with your standard garage tool set.  Setting the gap is the
most critical part.  Getting the wire in the right place is is the hardest
part.

Plug wires are pretty darned easy.  Factory or Magnecore--whichever is
cheapest.

Matt

> No, they didn't.  Guess I'll just do it myself once I get
the car
> back today.  It'd possibly save me having to replace it (I
mean, the
> CPS is just a magnet with a wire coming out of it, right?).
>
> -Bryan
>
> --- On Thu, 5/29/08, Bill Cardell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> From: Bill Cardell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: '02 Bucking Without CEL - Update
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Miata Power List"
> <[email protected]>, "Miata Mailing List"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 2:48 PM
>
>
>
>
> So, going back to my first response, did anybody ever check
> the gap on the crank sensor?
>  
> Bill Cardell
> TurboDog's Dad
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>  
>
>
>
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bryan
> Wyatt
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:41 PM
> To: Miata Power
> List; Miata Mailing List
> Subject: '02 Bucking Without CEL -
> Update
>
>
>
>
>
>
>     Update from the dealer: the car had a fault code for the
>       Crank Position Sensor (not Cam).  I politely said
"no" when
> they
>       quoted me $325 to change it out.  They also found an arc
mark
> on the
>       plug wire going into the #3 cylinder and suggested changing the
> wires and
>       plugs (or at least the #3 plug). 
>
> Does this sound
>       reasonable?
>
> -Bryan
>
> ps - The recall that the car was under
>       that requires a PCM change/modification is
>       3505H:
>
> http://www.miata.net/garage/tsb/emissions_recall.html
>
>
>
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