Chrysler Repair: 99 3.2/3.5L stalls, then restarts, concorde lxi, pulley bolt


Question
OK, my wife has a '99 Concorde LXi, 3.2L., and for the last year or so, while driving down the road, and even when idling sometimes, it will just die. I have checked the codes, and it only says "the battery has been disconnected 50 times". After talking to a few people, and even taking it to the dealer, I replaced the Cam position sensor, and that didn't fix the problem, now I am thinking the Crank position sensor. Does this sound logical, and if so, where do I find it on the engine, and how would you go about replacing it. The Cam sensor was relatively easy, but I assume this won't be.
Thank you for your time:

Answer
Hi Scott,
It is logical to suspect these two sensors, particularly if the behavior is that it will re-start after a lapse of a few minutes (to allow the sensor to cooldown). Otherwise I would wonder about a flaky ignition switch section if the engine will restart instantly.
The crank sensor is not very much different to change than the crank sensor. Same type of lift the tab electrical connector and mounting screw. It is located on the right side (passenger) of the engine at the seam between the transmission bell housing and the rear of the engine, just above the top of the transmission housing. Press the new one into the hole until the paper spacer on the tip can be felt to touch the drive plate below which it "looks" at. Then hold it there and tighten the screw to 9 foot-pounds torque.
If you wanted to test the theory that it is the problem, you could push some small thin straight pins through insulation of two (of the three) wires at the plug: gray/black and black/light blue, and then measure the voltage as you rotated the engine crank shaft pulley bolt with a ratchet and observing whether the voltage oscillates between 5.0 and 0.3V several times per rotation. The ignition switch should be in the run position and the measurement would have to be made when it wouldn't start which means having the tools there, the pins inserted, etc. at the time of the failure. Of course the pins should not touch one another as that would cause a stall too.
So those are the approaches that you could take on this. Best of luck on getting to the bottom of this.
Roland