Long story short, after replacing the valve cover gasket and the oil filter adapter gasket I still have a leak coming from somewhere on the old '96 XJ 4.0. Although the filter adapter seems to be oil free there's still oil dripping off my oil filter as well as oil pan. I'm guessing cause there's oil as high up as on the filter itself the leak prob isn't coming from my RMS which I'm still afraid of. Oil pressure sending unit and hex nut it ties into seem to be fairly oil free so for now I'm leaving it alone.

So now on to replacing the distributor gasket. In investigating this whole oil leak scenario I stumbled on some good write-ups or videos on replacing distributor gaskets but I can't seem to find them now. Getting everything apart and back together is simple enough. The sticky part is making sure the distributor gets back into the motor aligned exactly the same way it came out or else the timing gets messed up. Can anyone point me in the right directions for a good video that shows how to get this done right? Thanks.

 

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A Sharpie and a paint marker will be very handy. Use the Sharpie to mark where the rotor is pointing on the distributor. Use a paint pin, or even some White-Out to mark the base of the distributor and the block. I mark the base, hold down, and block with one line on all three parts. As long as you don't turn the crank and install the distributor with all of the marks lined up you should be golden.

 

What am I? The librarian, for crying out loud?

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