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1995 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE
200,000 MILES • 1.5L
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KRIS1234
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Two questions
1. Pictures of location of crank position sensor?

2. The car will not start. Put new distributor, wires, plugs, and engine is in time car still will not start. It backfires, now I am getting no fire at all. Please help.
Jul 31, 2017 at 8:51 AM
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STRAILER
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Hello and welcome.

Yes the crankshaft angle sensor will make the engine not start, Here are some guides and a diagram (Below) of the problem you need to fix.

This will show you what you are in for, the diagrams for your car is below.

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

and

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-cranks-but-wont-start

There are two different locations depending on the emission classification.

Please let us know what happens, we are interested to see what it is.

Cheers, Ken
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Aug 2, 2017 at 7:01 AM
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KRIS1234
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Thank you for all the information, we found that the new distributor was not right, the slots that hold it in place are not big enough allow for adjustments so you can line it up correctly. The correct distributor is on its way. We put the old one back on and car started right away but died about 10 seconds later.
Aug 2, 2017 at 1:31 PM
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STRAILER
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Nice work, let me know how it goes after you get the right distributor.
Aug 3, 2017 at 3:14 AM
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