At 12:05 PM 11/29/2013, Neil N wrote:
>The first video shows the author shorting the middle pin of the hall
>connector to ground to test if the "computer controller is good"
>(ECU).
>
>@ the list: is this a bad way  (risky)  to test if power is coming
>from ECU? This same wire connects to the idle control unit.

He's just driving the input line to the ECU and ICU the same way that
the Hall sender would do it.  With the connector unplugged from the
distributor there's no danger of overstressing the driver.

Yrs,
d