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Stock XJ Cherokee Tech. All XJ Non-modified/stock questions go hereXJ (84-01)
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Engine: 4.3L with headers and full 3" exhaust system
Your crank pulley dampener has top dead center marked. When you disconnect the vacuum advance on the distributor. You set the idle adjustment screw so that the idle is at about 700 rpm. Then set the timing at 17° before top dead center. Then reconnect the vacuum to the distributor and check idle speed and re adjust if necessary. There is a switch on the high pressure power steering hose that actuates a vacuum motor on the carb linkage that advances the engine speed 100 rpm when you have pressure in that hose.
Your crank pulley dampener has top dead center marked. When you disconnect the vacuum advance on the distributor. You set the idle adjustment screw so that the idle is at about 700 rpm. Then set the timing at 17° before top dead center. Then reconnect the vacuum to the distributor and check idle speed and re adjust if necessary. There is a switch on the high pressure power steering hose that actuates a vacuum motor on the carb linkage that advances the engine speed 100 rpm when you have pressure in that hose.
Thank you! Is the 17 +- 2 the amount of degrees?
cant thank you enough...no wonder the car has been running like poop
08-09-2020, 11:56 AM
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