Today, I got a shock when I tried to get the connectors for the Renault Laguna, Megane & Clio generic camshaft sensor, I cannot source them new at the moment. I have ordered the loom adaptor from Renault at the ghastly price of £23+VAT, because I need to test the trigger wheel prototypes to establish the best shape for reliable sensing. Anyway, after sourcing some new bits in China, and looking over RS & Mouser in the UK, plus searching all the automotive connector sources I knew about and then some more, I decided to sack the Renault sensor, and make do with a BMW one instead.



This takes Junior Timer connectors, which don’t need an exotic crimping tool, and it’s the same connector I’d be using on a coil pack and MAP sensor on Brian’s engine, so here’s the revised version, with one hole for the wasted spark triggering system, and another partly machined for the twin plug sequential set up. I have not broken through the front face for the second sensor, but all the mating surfaces are machine, so I just need to drill a hole in the middle, when it’s time to fit the second sensor. They are all 180º apart, so they should be no odd firing intervals!