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Infamous 4.0L Chirping Distributer

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Old 12-11-2013, 08:38 PM
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I'm about to replace my first distributor ever tomorrow. I noticed someone said to look at some seals while it is out. Any pics or diagrams to give a better idea? I randomly decided to check it yesterday and it had some oil at the top and it had too much play when I turned it. I got a reman from autozone along with a new rotor and pickup coil.
Well what do you mean by play? If it has play with the cap on then the caps loose or the hold down is loose. If the cap is off, the rotor will be loose if you try to spin it back and forth. It's just plastic with a keyway
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Well what do you mean by play? If it has play with the cap on then the caps loose or the hold down is loose. If the cap is off, the rotor will be loose if you try to spin it back and forth. It's just plastic with a keyway
nah we mean play in the shaft itself, that the rotor sits on
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Yep the shaft would move with the rotor off. Maybe around 20-30 degrees of play in mine.
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