# Help with a crankshaft position sensor

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-with-a-crankshaft-position-sensor/40602>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** contour, ford\
**Created:** [December 10, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-with-a-crankshaft-position-sensor/40602 "2009-12-10T22:55:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-with-a-crankshaft-position-sensor/40602/1 "2009-12-10T22:55:15Z")

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I’ve recently completed a head gasket repair on my '98 Contour. I have not been able to get it to start (no spark), and…at the end of a lenghty troubleshooting process…determined the problem to be a crankshaft position sensor that was damaged somehow in the repair process.  
  
  
  
 Since it’s the end plugged into the block (the “male” part) that’s destroyed, I need to remove the old one and install a new one.  
  
  
  
 Can anyone tell me how that’s done? It’s hiding behind the manifold, so it’s hard to see exactly how to remove it.