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Distributer Woes

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Bob C

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I have an 84 with a 258, very low miles. Major problems lately with stalling at stops such as signs. lights. I could be wrong (and am willing to listen to any advice) but I think I either jumped time or have distributer problems. Next year I plan to fuel inject and change to 4.0 head. Question is? can I buy a D.U.I. distributer now that will work with these upgrades later?
P.S. My BD Carb is a rebuilt I bought last year.(was running great before I put away for the winter) I did use fuel stabilizer Noticed that the timing was set at 16 BTDC (High Altitude) and
that the sticker said the timing recomended was 16 BTDC but my jeep now lives in NY below sea level so I went 9 BTDC Isn't that right? It seems the Sole-Vac saves me from stalling when in my shop,but on the road she stalls. I checked for : vacuum leaks, timing, carb adjustments,plugs,wires,cap,rotor,TAC functions.
I would also like to mention,that when I changed time to 9
while watching the timing it moved at least 4 degrees at one time. I assumed that I did not tighten dist. enough. Could I have jumped time? This thing is supposed to have only 2000 miles on it.
Is our CJ 8 timing gear steel or plastic" My 74 J10 pickup was plastic and fell apart at 35000 miles
 
I don't know the specifics, lucky I can SPELL timing, BUT;
For distributer & coil upgrades (cheap & big bang for the buck!) go here:
Awesome ignition/distributer upgrade-

This may help some, along with redoing the timing & fuel filter???

My 3¢ (f.w.i.w.)

Mike
 
you may want to look into the Nutter Bypass as well. it solved all of my stalling problems...

matt
 
sounds like the problem I had with a '90 258 I installed in my '81. I went with the DUI and the Weber - but recently couldn't pass emissions test here in Ohio. I put the BBD back on and it ran great.
 
Distributer woes

Problem solved. Installed rebuilt Dist. Seems gear was very worn and shaft had a lot of play. I don't know how this old Dist. found it's way into my 2000 mile Jeep Thanks for help.
 
?????2000 jeep?????
what did i miss, 84 cj-8 w/ 258, neither were used or built in 2000.
RJ:confused:
 
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