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?

 

what year is your xj 89 it non adjustable had one for 15 years

 

Its an 87 cherokee, 4.0

 

X2, and NICE LOOKIN' XJ!

 

non adjustable either look on th white sticker under hood on firewall

 

thanks

 

yours to nice and clean looking lotta chrome ploish huh

 

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?

 

Why are you messing with the distributor?

was it pulled and set wrong?

 

no that would mak the xj run like ****

 

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.

 

the dist is back in and set to no one cyl on compression stroke right

 

must be set to no one on dist

 

X2 theres no adjustment

 

Yes, its back in and set to #1, but seems slightly off. Can I advance/retard by resetting on a different tooth?