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I have a 1989 cherokee it has 166 thousand miles i just baught it and the motor blew and i replace a motor with a rebuild everything startedfine idle good i test drived it and it drove good but it whobbles and rpms go up and down onces i hit 35 miles per hour and i press my pedal all the way down and it does not pick up speed like it cant accsatrate help
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Ugh. Over under on this one is 75 posts.
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I have a 1989 cherokee it has 166 thousand miles i just baught it and the motor blew and i replace a motor with a rebuild everything startedfine idle good i test drived it and it drove good but it whobbles and rpms go up and down onces i hit 35 miles per hour and i press my pedal all the way down and it does not pick up speed like it cant accsatrate help
Make sure your distributor is indexed correctly.

See Tips 12 and 13 in the pink link below.
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