Electrical failure

CHILO808

MEMBER
1996 NISSAN HARDBODY
4 CYL
2WD
MANUAL
196,800 MILES

While driving along vehicle stopped like it was being unplugged, got it back home not getting spark to fire back up, fuel good, compression good, installed new battery and fusible links starter strong. Does this vehicle have a way of connecting the obd and where may it be?

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KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
18,907 POSTS

If the vehicle just cut off and you have no spark, then the likely issue is the crank sensor.

Clearly this is a guess at this point, but we need to evaluate it, but it is the most common cause of this.

Here are some guides that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/symptoms-of-a-bad-crankshaft-sensor

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/crankshaft-angle-sensor-replacement

I am attaching the info below on the crank sensor, so we need to access it and check the resistance of the sensor to find out if it failed.

Here is a guide that will help with doing this measurement:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-use-a-voltmeter

The proper measurement of the sensor is below.

Basically, we need to find out where we stand with this, and we can go from there.

Thanks

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