camshaft positioning sensor location

1999 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER
177,000 MILES
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MVAUGHAN83
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Can somebody please tell me where to find the camshaft positioning sensor location on my vehicle listed above? I t is a V8 all wheel drive 5.0 liter.
Oct 19, 2017 at 5:05 PM
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STEVE W.
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Up front of the engine mounted in the block above the water pump and timing cover. Where the distributor used to be. Has a three wire plug and two screws holding it on.
Oct 19, 2017 at 5:32 PM
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MVAUGHAN83
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Thank you for the quick response. I will check there in the morning before I go to work. I found a sensor that looks like it just under where all the spark plugs meet up over where the distributor would be. However, when I un-clipped the clip it did not match up with the one that I was given from the auto parts store. I will have to check and see if maybe they gave me the wrong one.
Oct 19, 2017 at 6:17 PM
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STEVE W.
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There are both two and three terminal sensors. Yours could be either one depending on actual build date, but the three pin is the most common.
Oct 19, 2017 at 7:07 PM