Muncher Posted June 12, 2022 Posted June 12, 2022 My mj is a 87 and is currently just cranking over and not starting. People are saying it's timing. My question is is it only the distributor that needs to be timed? I did replace my timing chain and gears but I made sure the two dots were lined up. How do I do the distributor timing?
Ωhm Posted June 12, 2022 Posted June 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Muncher said: My question is is it only the distributor that needs to be timed? Distributor needs to be indexed, not timed. CPS determines set base timing. ECU will advance timing, based on inputs from that set base timing mark. Cruiser Tip 13; Distributor Indexing
pizzaman09 Posted June 13, 2022 Posted June 13, 2022 Make sure you are on the compression stroke when you set the crank to TDC. Just as cruisers tips say. It's easy to accidentally be 180 degrees out on the distributor indexing if you have this wrong. Also, I found when doing the distributor indexing, that it was easy to be a tooth off on the distributor and it was hard to get right as the gears are helical.
Muncher Posted June 13, 2022 Author Posted June 13, 2022 Ok thanks for the tip. I'll make sure to do that.
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