On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 22:00:48 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:



"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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So a modern distributor does less, - its doesn't have a mechanical spark
generator in it and it doesn't have centrifugal advance/retard and vacuum
advance on it - that's all done electronically, but it still shuffles the
spark around and provides a convenient place to put a camshaft sensor.

Crankshaft sensors are more useful and they fit on the flywheel quite
nicely.

But if they did fit them to the crankshaft then the cable would get
very twisted.


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