New distributor installation...
02-09-2011, 03:12 PM
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New distributor installation...
My distributor died. It ate the gear on the bottom.
I didn't mark it before I removed it. I have a new distributor and every article I find says to line it up with the mark you made when you removed. I didn't know...
So, how do I get this thing line up properly again?
1997 Cherokee 4.0.
I didn't mark it before I removed it. I have a new distributor and every article I find says to line it up with the mark you made when you removed. I didn't know...
So, how do I get this thing line up properly again?
1997 Cherokee 4.0.
02-09-2011, 03:20 PM
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Year: 1989 xj sport 2dr
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Engine: 12 hole bosch Injectors
bring no 1 cyl ut to top dead cenert on compression stroke and insert dist pointing rotor to no 1 wire on cap
02-09-2011, 03:21 PM
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If it ate up the gear, marking it probably would do not good.
You'll have to put the motor at Top Dead Center ( TDC ) and install the new distributor with the rotor aligned to cylinder #1.
Do not use above to do the job, it's truly an abbreviated version.
Get a Manual from Chilton and/or Haynes for detailed directions.
EDIT:
It is MANDATORY the motor be at TDC on the Compression Stroke.
This means the piston is all the way up in the cylinder and the intake and exhaust valves are CLOSED.
You'll have to put the motor at Top Dead Center ( TDC ) and install the new distributor with the rotor aligned to cylinder #1.
Do not use above to do the job, it's truly an abbreviated version.
Get a Manual from Chilton and/or Haynes for detailed directions.
EDIT:
It is MANDATORY the motor be at TDC on the Compression Stroke.
This means the piston is all the way up in the cylinder and the intake and exhaust valves are CLOSED.
Last edited by KD3NE; 02-09-2011 at 03:23 PM.
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