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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 09:59 PM
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Ive been reading as much as I can and am getting mixed answers. Can i adjust the the teeth of the distributor and retard/advance timing?
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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what year is your xj 89 it non adjustable had one for 15 years
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 10:22 PM
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Its an 87 cherokee, 4.0
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 10:25 PM
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what year is your xj 89 it non adjustable had one for 15 years
X2, and NICE LOOKIN' XJ!
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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non adjustable either look on th white sticker under hood on firewall
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X2, and NICE LOOKIN' XJ!
thanks
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yours to nice and clean looking lotta chrome ploish huh
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OK,
Lets go at it this way. If I where to pull my distributor out slightly, and turn it 2 or three teeth, would that advance/retard timing?
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Why are you messing with the distributor?

was it pulled and set wrong?
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OK,
Lets go at it this way. If I where to pull my distributor out slightly, and turn it 2 or three teeth, would that advance/retard timing?
no that would mak the xj run like ****
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 07:16 AM
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we pulled it when we rebuilt the engine.
We did bust the Knock Sensor, and Im replacing that today, but I just wanted to have a back up plan if that does not take care of the slight timing issue.

It starts up fine, and runs, but the timing seems tobe just slightly out.
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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the dist is back in and set to no one cyl on compression stroke right
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must be set to no one on dist
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the dist is back in and set to no one cyl on compression stroke right
X2 theres no adjustment
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Yes, its back in and set to #1, but seems slightly off. Can I advance/retard by resetting on a different tooth?
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