So my jeep die yesterday and started backfiring like a mad man. Thought I had a bad cylinder, but that all checked out. Was running out if things to check when I pulled the distributor and found the gear stripped. I recently put in an electric ignition. Could that have anything to do with it? How does that gear get stripped?
Pat
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Stripped distributor gear?
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I'll echo what a wise Tim told me once:
-pull your main bearing caps. I bet they have metal shavings in them.
I had the same thing happen to my 2.5. The dizzy gear shelled out, took out the cam and all my main/rod bearings. New bearings/cam/distributor fixed it. Then I smacked a magnet on the inside of my oil pan just under the large port where all the oil drops down from the upper end of the engine, hoping it might catch anything the oil filter misses in the future.
-pull your main bearing caps. I bet they have metal shavings in them.
I had the same thing happen to my 2.5. The dizzy gear shelled out, took out the cam and all my main/rod bearings. New bearings/cam/distributor fixed it. Then I smacked a magnet on the inside of my oil pan just under the large port where all the oil drops down from the upper end of the engine, hoping it might catch anything the oil filter misses in the future.
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You have to remove the oil pan to access the main and rod bearings. If this requires removal of the engine, then "YES" is the answer to your question. You may have to remove the engine to swap the cam also. As stated, take a real good look at the cam. Chances are, the dizzy gear ate the cam.
I was able to do it with the engine still installed, but that was on a 2.5 with lots of room in the engine compartment.
I was able to do it with the engine still installed, but that was on a 2.5 with lots of room in the engine compartment.
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