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Old 05-12-2021 | 10:14 AM
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If high resistance is found in Tip 5, every sensor will have poor inputs to the ECM.
Old 05-12-2021 | 10:25 AM
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scan tool for Renix......https://www.ebay.com/itm/Snap-on-mt2...edirect=mobile

I got on of the scanners, SnapOn MT2000 found me all sorts of problems on my xj

also run an intake vacuum test for engine health.

my Renix had a huge problem, becuase the egr valve seat broke so that egr was always on this caused a horroble mixture do to poor engine vacuum.
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Grounds are good. Skipped 2 for now being a 90. Got into the connectors and found that the relay on the driver side by the wipers look fried in the bottom. So I cleaned it up as much as possible and made sure wires weren’t melted together. And I pulled the coil and noted the icm connection points were blue so I took it out and cleaned it and reinstalled. About to go on a test drive and see what progress has been made.
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Ran great with a lower idle. But still sputtered and stumbled on acceleration. I will continue checking connectors and move down the list. Thank you.



this is the connector I found earlier
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Old 05-13-2021 | 07:11 PM
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By chance do you know where the timing is supposed to be? I believe I read 12 when I hit it with the timing light.
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It's not adjustable. Have you completed Tip 13?

Check it out.
Old 05-14-2021 | 01:41 PM
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I apologize I am slower these days. I haven’t made it through the first five steps yet. I was curious about timing because when I initially purchased this Jeep it barely made it home. I installed the cloyes double roller set up and installed it exactly the way I removed the previous one. I’m afraid it was initially on the wrong tooth. The Jeep is running great now after the few steps I have completed, but it sputters and stumbles when I accelerate. I apologize in advance, my head injury increases my challenges. Thank you for your time and your help. Truly appreciated.
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Hey man, it's all good!! Never hurts to complete the Tips. ALL of them. Then check the distributor indexing.
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Yep, I'm working my way through the tips. Slowly, as well.
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Wow the difference after completing step #3, 90% of symptoms went away. Still making my way through the list. Thank you guys for all of your help.
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Great!!
I'm anxious to see what happens with Tip 5.
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Will cleaning the icm suffice, or should I replace it? I found one for $36 on rock auto. And I apologize to back pedal on you, but by chance do you know what your timing says when you put a light on it? I want to make sure I’m not off by a tooth.

like usual thank you in advance. You are kind to do this for everyone.
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The multimeter wasn’t moving
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Will cleaning the icm suffice, or should I replace it? I found one for $36 on rock auto. And I apologize to back pedal on you, but by chance do you know what your timing says when you put a light on it? I want to make sure I’m not off by a tooth.

like usual thank you in advance. You are kind to do this for everyone.

About 12* timing.
What's most important is the indexing. Tip 13.
I might clean the ICM. They rarely fail.
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where are you probing with the red wire? Needs to be on the ground wire of any or all the sensors on that circuit.



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