distributor issue
 

Happy Thanksgiving all my fellow XJ er's. I am having a problem replacing the "stator" in my distributor. there is a metal piece above the staor. I can't see how to remove that to get to the stator itself. Can anyone give me some help with this? Thanks

Have the same issue. Can somebody chip in and explain how to remove the stator from the distributor housing.

turn the dist over the gear on the bottom has pin thru it tap the pin out note which way the pin and gear come off tap the shaft out thru stator if its hard to come out spray carb cleaner down the shaft to clean the dried oil out of the housing remove stator install new stator reassemble the hole in bottom gear may be offset in the shaft pay cloes attention when putting pin back in

pin and gear

The distributor comes out of the engine bay without tapping the pin out first, right? I mean I don't have to tap that pin out while the distributor is sitting in the engine bay, correct?

No you can take it out of the engine bay, just unplug all the wires and mark where the dizzy should be so your timing will be correct upon installation.

There is a bolt holding the whole assmbly in place, right? Its under the right side of the distributor when looking from pass side.

Yes. If you've never pulled a dizzy before I recommend you get a manual or search for the procedure