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Old Aug 15, 2014 | 10:45 AM
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88 35th anni. What is a pick up coil ? Where is it located. Is it under the ignition module ?
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Old Aug 16, 2014 | 01:19 AM
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It is located under the distributor rotor. You have to remove the distributor shaft to replace it. The two wire connector plugs into the ignition module:



When the engine rotates the pickup coil creates pulses that are used by the ignition module to create DRPs (Distributor Reference Pulses). DRPs are used by the ECM for several things. Mostly they are used to determine the spark timing and to synchronize the pulsing of the injectors to the rotation of the engine.
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Old Aug 16, 2014 | 08:44 AM
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It is located under the distributor rotor. You have to remove the distributor shaft to replace it. The two wire connector plugs into the ignition module:



When the engine rotates the pickup coil creates pulses that are used by the ignition module to create DRPs (Distributor Reference Pulses). DRPs are used by the ECM for several things. Mostly they are used to determine the spark timing and to synchronize the pulsing of the injectors to the rotation of the engine.
Thanks Cliff,sounds like a pain to replace.
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