Cherokee 4.0

Anyone know how to do this or can explain this to me better?
.5L AND 4.0L ENGINES

1. Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
2. Set the engine at Top Dead Center (TDC) of the No. 1 cylinder compression stroke.
3. Position the slot in the oil pump drive gear as shown.
   Fig. 1: Slot in the oil pump gear at 10 o'clock position — 2.5L engine
   
   Fig. 2: Slot in the oil pump gear at 11 o'clock position — 4.0L engine
   
4. Locate the alignment holes in the plastic ring and align the correct hole with the mating hole in the distributor housing as shown. Install a locking pin.
   Fig. 3: Distributor pin alignment holes — 2.5L and 4.0L engines
   
   NOTE: The distributor will rotate clockwise as the gears engage.
   
5. Position the base mounting slot at the 1 o'clock position and install the distributor.
6. Check that the centerline of the mounting slot aligns with the centerline of the clamp bolt hole.
7. Install the clamp and bolt. Tighten the bolt to 17 ft. lbs. (23 Nm).
8. Remove the locking pin.
9. Install or connect the following:
   • CMP sensor connector
   • Distributor cap
   • Air cleaner tube
   • Negative battery cable

5.2L AND 5.9L ENGINES

1. Before servicing the vehicle, refer to the precautions in the beginning of this section.
2. Set the engine at Top Dead Center (TDC) of the No. 1 cylinder compression stroke.
3. Install the distributor, clamp and bolt.
4. Rotate the distributor so that the rotor aligns with the No. 1 cylinder mark on the Camshaft Position (CMP) sensor. Tighten the clamp bolt to 17 ft. lbs. (23 Nm).
   Fig. 4: Distributor rotor alignment — 5.2L and 5.9L engines
   
5. Install or connect the following:
   • CMP sensor connector
   • Distributor cap
   • Air cleaner tube
   • Negative battery cable
6. The final distributor position must be set with a scan tool. Follow the instructions supplied by the scan tool manufacturer.

Turbo X_J

I guess I don't ubderstand what your question is. The diagrams are for installing a distributor, the alignment is done to facilite the oil pump shaft lining up with the distributor shaft when installed in the motor.

Cherokee 4.0

I took my distrubator out and put it back in and it wont start...just turns over...i didnt know theres a certain way it goes

Abovetimberline

Put #1 at tdc by putting a rag in #1 sparkplug hole and tap ign until it pops out,then make sure you have the 0 degrees on the mark on balancer.
then put dist in with the rotor pointing at the 5oclock or #1 spark plug wire,do not be concerned with the oil pump at this point if it is a pain,just tap the ign it will fall into place. main thing is you have rotor pointing at #1 wire when it is at tdc. it will start.

Cherokee 4.0

what u mean by taping and theres a mark on the balancer?

the spark plug wire-you mean the plug port or wht?

Abovetimberline

Tapping i mean just quickly engage starter and release it,the mark on the balancer is a line accros it that you align the degrees,o being tdc when you are on the comp stroke. Align the rotor with #1 wire or post it does not matter,also is everything plugged back in? did you remove anything from the dist?

mike37

do you know how to set at TDC

Cherokee 4.0

Everything plugged back in, no idk what you mean there

I understand what you mean about about using the starter, or i could just wrench it over.

Ok ill line it up like that, its starting to make sense

Cherokee 4.0

mike37

the motor must be set at top dead center on the compression stroke
the instruction say to remove the valve cover but you dont need to do that
if you remove the#1 plug and hold your finger over the hole when the air is trying to push your finger out its compression then aline the marks on the pulley

http://www.angelfire.com/my/fan/dist_index.html

Cherokee 4.0

is this as hard as they make it seem?

Abovetimberline

No,it is a very easy process,once you have done it it will be very easy for youlike previous post says you do not need to remove valve cover,that just makes it much harder.

Cherokee 4.0

i hope so.....

outersketcher

heh.. I know this is a lonng dead post.. but I can't help but wonder if he ever got his jeep running. Or.. if he ended up tossing it all and bought a prius instead.