A fair amount of Indus. Followed my last thread regarding the hard start on my 1996 jaguar xjs.

Most of you know that the issue was resolved with a replacement distributor that had a working cam sensor.

Lets make this real easy and short.

what actually goes bad with the cam sensor. There is only one (1) moving part...... Shaft w/metal Segmented cover.....I’m assuming like the crank shaft position sensor w/couple of teeth missing so it can register a position.

There are no moving parts.

Do magnets loose their strength and that’s the reason it would only register every ~ 10th revolution.

Is it worth spending ~$250 for the repair parts or just buy another $49 distributor w/working cam sensor

Thanks

Softball60/Paul

1996 xjs, 1957 XK 140 Drop Head and every other British sports cars known to man. (Maybe not all)

 

Never had go "bad" as such.

Cruddy connector/plug, many, many over the years, and simply unplugging/replugging cures the ailment.

Magnets do go off, heat is their enemy.