Hi David.

Thanks for explaining things. It just seemed a little hinky.

Useful test tips especially if one is on the road with limited tools.

Neil.

On 11/29/13, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> 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).

> 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
>
>

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