I believe that the biggest reason so many people relate to you Dex is because you have learned like a lot of us have learned. Trial and error. Breaking stuff, learning how it works, and so on. Thanks for an informative video showing a lot of tips and tricks that you have picked up through the years. It really helps a lot of us who are trying to chase down these gremlins.

DEX is the mad scientist lol let’s get this guy to a million subscribers!

If your a hack job, I’m an airplane pilot! And I’ve never been in an airplane before! Awesome videos Dex!!

I don’t own a Jeep, and I watch all of your content! Congratulations on your KZfaq success!

dude that shit about bad idling when battery is low is so true, happened to me many times. great video

Good info thanks for the video

Man you're helping alot of people with what you do.

Just replaced the distributor in my 95 xj. I used a crt performance distributor. It went in as it should and is built correctly. Seeing this im glad i didn't even mess with the cheap autoparts store distributors.

Awesome video 📸👍👍 DEX you are a wealth of knowledge!! Thanks for sharing with us

I love your videos dex do not stop

Awesome work!

Dude I really appreciate The knowledge that you are sharing. You have helped me out a lot with your videos

I had mess with this junk bout year ago and it got it to run but it not perfect I had to just do it all by ear and feel it’s still not right I need to get it back from guy and go through it like this keep up the knowledge dex your the man screw the haters they just mad cause what you do works well

The powers that be need to bring back manufacturing to the states so we can get some decent parts again! I've worked on other vehicles, and had to replace the same part multiple times with the cheap crap before finding one that actually works. It's crazy. Keep the videos and good info comin' Dex!

Just another great video as always

Keep em coming Dex! Thanks for help!

Good stuff man I've run into this issue on one of my rigs and went through two distributors trying to force that fork to line up with the bolt hole 😢

Those distributors are designed to work with both 4.0L and 2.5L engines. That being said, the supplied distributor is generally set up for the 2.5. To set it up for the 4.0L you must drive the roll pin out of the distributor drive gear/shaft and reposition the gear (there are 2 holes in the shaft). It was designed that way to cut down on stock (dual purpose) and confusion, but seeing the lack of information detailing the adjustment procedure online it may have created more!😂 Believe me, I know because I chased that issue for weeks before finding the solution in the actual Shop Manual.

I always check the easy/free stuff first. Chuck, my brother in law, was one of the best if not the best I've ever seen. He always said check fuses. Great videos Dex

Renewed my confidence in you. Great work 👍

You are the man Dex, You videos are the best Wish you were in Florida

Keep doing these videos, ima. 15yr ase master mech and love learning from guys like you, it gives me a leg up in yhe industry because people just dont think outside the box like you do to get cars repaired right

Good video brother. Very good! Awesome! Troubleshooting helps a lot of people who don't understand what they're doing. I'm a MasterTech. I've been doing this for about 35 years and I could not have explained it any better than you did. I like watching these videos showing the youngsters and if I would have saw you do something wrong or different than I would have done I'd mentioned that however. Fantastic job man. Keep up the good work. Appreciate what you do

Keep doing it your way

Big ups brother, this is massive

Love it

Really enjoy your videos Dex. I always learn something.

Your shirt changed to blue in the last couple seconds . Pretty slick .

Great stuff man ur helping us do it at home guys

DEX I done that awhile back and was looking at it and comparing the new with stock and the gears are 180 out... knocked the roll pin out and spun the gear 180 and the hole lined up with the slot

Yep when you go by a new part and it’s bad….it takes experience for sure to not get whipped!!

Or you can set your multimeter to continuity and put your leads on the tops of the fuse where the metal protrudes. If there is continuity it's good if not bad

Keep up the good work man. Enjoy your videos

Dex thank you for the information. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

Dex is a great jeep mechanic and who ever doesn't like the way you try to teach and help others than they can suck a fat egg😂 I think you can fix any jeep on earth so thanks for the great video I do watch every one you make dex keep it simple brother and I'll keep supporting your channel

Nice! Love learning from you!!

Great information ...

Really enjoy your videos! You are haring so much amazing information, and it's really helping me with my XJ project. Thank you!

Just because it's new doesn't mean it works.

DEX Jeeps!!! Always great videos.

About a year or so ago, I replaced the Distributor in 95 ZJ because the shaft bushings were worn out. Replaced it with a Duralast Model from AutoZone. And after ward notices that it was running a bit sluggish, After some investigation, I discovered that The Duralast Distributor was assembled wrong and it caused incorrect timing, it had two shim washers in the bottom in-between the gear and the housing, and the original only uses one shim . I disassembled it and moved one shim to the top of the distributor between the housing and shaft and that corrected the issue with the timing. I have also heard of other people having timing issues with aftermarket replacement distributors with the gear being put on in the wrong position and have to remove the roll pin and turn the gear 180 degrees to correct the issue.

Nice video and yes this is the norm for new parts. Like the previous post my gear was 180 off from the shaft too and it ran for a few hundred miles but died. The timing was just a bit off so I used the new housing with my old shaft, new gear and everything is perfect again.

Tripod video was nice Dex. Keep em' coming!

Great video! I've bought an XJ 10 months ago, and man, sometimes it gives me an headache. But 90% it is electric issue. Mostly relays are going bad, lately TCM went bad (I was testing everything, ended up buing used TCM and now it works great).

Dex please give us a video on the problem with the pickup. Love the channel brother

Good stuff keep them coming

Just dealt with that distributor casting problem a short while ago. Took me a few hours of thinkin I was crazy or couldn’t time a motor

Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

I got a new distributor and my Jeep ran but threw misfire codes for all cylinders. I was so perplexed. I consulted the forums and was told to check and probably rotate the distributor drive gear 180.. presto!!

Like the format and all information is good. Keep up the videos

I dont remember the years exactly, but it's early 2000ish. The factory OPDA (distributer) had an issue with lubrication and it would fudge up the bearing and eventually wear out the gear that meshes with the camshaft. It can screw with the timing if it wore the cam gear too but that's a bit more rare since the camshaft is a much harder metal. I actually love the tripod vids, but can you start looking at the camera lens instead of the screen? It makes me feel like you're ignoring my presence😂

Heck yeah man thanks for the wisdom, good Stuff keep them coming .

This is the problem I'm having with my 92 that I put a 99 40L in it but used all the 92 stuff ran for about 100 miles and the timing is just off its like it's 180 out ty for this video I'm going to double check it this weekend ❤

Really Appreciate the videos it's the knowledge for me💯 quality video.

Great video as always! I’m getting ready to swap and engine in my 91 Cherokee

Xj wiz for the win g00d job man .

Good job 👍

Good stuff!!!

Great job Uncle Tony told me about your channel

Your freaking awesome!!! So enjoy watching your videos. A true mad scientist at work 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR DEX🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I’m having the same issue it’s a headache but this was more than helpful please keep making these videos your the Jeep gate keeper now 😅

I had the same with my jeep, I took a screwdriver and turn the oil pump u til it all line up without cutting off the hold down bracket and still running good. It took me long time to get it right

Great video, as always. Can you do a video on the 99 XJ cut down harness, please?

On a Mopar the distributor gear will strip if the oil pump is locked up. You can replace the distributor gear only to trash it if you dont replace the oil pump.

great video!

I remove the gear as they sometimes fit them 180 degrees out. The one I have in my ZG was leaking engine oil from the top under the distributor cap. I found that the oil return holes were not drilled. I ran a 1 mm drill through the bushings from the bottom out top of the bottom bush

Great troubleshooting demonstration, and great info!

The inner part of the balancer is the hub, the crank pulley mounts to the hub. I would've checked spark and the distributor right after hearing it crank, that was really hard cranking. Trying to fix stuff an amatuer mechanic has tried to fix is almost as bad as diagnosing cheap Chinesesium, I have even had to modify the "fancy" Summit distributors to get them to line up right

Video was good. Some say your a hack. I say your resourceful. Keep up the great work.

Another great video. Thank you

Darn good info! Thanks for the video Dex! I'm contemplating pulling a 4.0 out of a 90's Cherokee, and putting it in my 83 CJ7. The 4.0 has a tick, I am gonna listen to the top end, and the bottom end to see if it's valve train or crank shaft. That will probably be the determining factor before I pull the 4.2 and 4.0 out of their resting places lol.

Keep em coming, love the videos ❤

Awesome vid Dex, I dont even own a j:duck:p but still dig the info you put out. Keep it up brother!

Nice work !

Love your style and videos Dex it’s not hack job if it works brother 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Thanks for the video man lots of good info

I caught the china dist gear wearing just in time... the metal is way too soft. You can swap an original hardened gear onto them. For the ones that are "casted wrong" it's not the casting... it's the gear being installed 180' out putting it a half a tooth off.

These are really good videos 👍

The distributor gear is installed 180 degrees off on that chinese distributor. I have been a Jeep tech since 1987 and I have seen it many times. On one side the roll pin lines up with the tooth, on the other side it is between the teeth. Knock the roll pin out, spin the gear and put the pin back. Or even better, do what you did and use a real distributor

I subscribed. I liked this content

I seen it on in 180 out on a 2.5. But It was also lower compression. I have also seen that china being out of phase also. You get what u pay for

That is why its better to buy parts vehicles, honestly. Used OEM parts are decent.

Thanks bro love the information

Dang china crap! I work as a heavy diesel mechanic and our parts guy has ordered Amazon parts for our fleet and they always come back a day or so later with the same problem 🤦🏼‍♀️ awesome stuff as always man and also looks like you got a new camera? Nice!!

Another Great Video Dex , China Ha Ha Ha !!! We fight it everyday with Semi Parts too !!!

Thanks.

maybe he had it right first time but computer needed reset etc ..? then he put it 180 when didnt work ? yah good vid and the ecu learn thing prob played a role as it did when i changed to 4 hole injectors lol

Dex Jeepster . One 800 jeep advice.❤

I worked at an Autozone for a year and a half, and literally every Autozone made part is awful 😂 especially anything electronic, distributors crank sensors and coils are pretty much garbage out the box. Lifetime warranty cause you’ll spend a lifetime replacing it.

All my friends say why are you driving 50mi to Carson city to pic n pull for a distributor they got one at advance in town for 65$ yeah no thanks pic n pull it is

Ever figure out that black conmanche

Dex hire me to be your cameraman plus I'm a master tech with a 94 XJ built to boot.I would love to help ya!

Good job love the content

Love it brotherrrr

only a few minutes in the video so far but i had an older one that had the porcelain white box on the fender..... it died on me one day and couldnt figure it out but that box had cracked

Please don't take this the wrong way. Could the dist. gear be off 180?????????????

Another thing to possibly look at when a distributor gear strips is get a bore scope and look at the cam gear that drives the distributor to check the condition and remember to role the engine over while checking it to get a full view of it. It happened to my 4.9 ford and I had to put a cam in it

dex! i just got a 4.0 xj. you're the man!! how much would you charge me for a stage 2-3 dex build?! i'm not far... just in memphis :)

I'm pretty sure if you look up hack job in the dictionary there will be pics of the guy that designed that distributor and the qc guy who let out of the factory

Been dealing with it alot the latest issue has been flywheels