Thanks, I see that sensor sticking down there in the pic and wire heading off toward driver side and oil sender. What is the deal with these Dodge engineers? They put the dist in the back, but this crankshaft sensor in an awful place and also that oil pressure sensor. Lots of places for that oil sensor, move it over by the filter, the crankshaft sensor could be anyplace around that flywheel and that dist could have been up front.

 

I don't know. For one thing I know, Ford engineers weren't that dumb...

 

Dodge dealer out of the crankshaft sensor, they are factory back ordered and he seen only 7 around the country, named off a few and none in Kansas. Guess I am going to have to go with Oreilly's Masterpro ($50), Autozone Duralast ($50), or NAPA Echlin ($79). If Dodge could have got one, it would have been $90. I remember there was a brand Standard, we use to sell them when I worked at my uncle's auto parts store back in early 60s. That was all the ignition brand he sold.

 

go NAPA. I've had numerous problems with masterpro sensors. BWM or whatever they are called from oreilys are okay.

 

Yes Oreillys has a BWD that is $66 and available for order, think I will go for the Echlin.

 

I ordered the Echlin from NAPA. Also checked around and they are telling me that my 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 5.9L engine doesn't have a camshaft sensor. I sure thought there was on in the distributor cap. I checked Autozone and O'Reilly and they said it don't have one, yet it shows it on page 388 of 96 Dodge Ram Truck SM.pdf And on page 405 how to remove and replace? Then checked NAPA and they called it by some other name, it was pickup assembly, part number ECH MP832 .

 

Pick-up coil, or something similar. Yep.

 

^ "pickup coil" or "secondary pickup coil" or "distributor ignition pickup".

if you have an Advance locally AND if its in stock, you can order online and use discount code es123 ($20 off $50 purchase) and get it for about $32.
http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...osition+sensor

 

Well went to NAPA and got my crankshaft and camshaft (AKA distributor ignition pickup). On way home truck stopped 5 times, twice on a very narrow and long bridge over the Kansas river. Guess I better stop driving as it is getting worse. Threw a code only once and it was a new one, mots of times when it dies, there is not a new code, always before the code was P1391, but today out of the five times it dies, it put in a new code P0340 (camshaft position sensor A- Bank 1 Circuit Malfunction). So I am hoping the replacement of these two parts will fis problem, codes are pointing in their direction.

 

I suggest you only replace one of those two sensors,( I say start with the crank sensor) this way you and we will know which one was or might have been the problem. And please remember to disconnect the negative battery cable before doing any replacement of any sensor.