Cherokee 2WD L6-242 4.0L VIN M FI (1987)
2.
Scribe a mark (B) on the distributor housing directly below the number one spark plug wire post of the distributor cap to use as a reference for #1
firing position.
3.
Disconnect the distributor electrical connector (C).
4.
Remove the distributor cap.
5.
On vehicles equipped with an electric cooling fan, remove it and the shroud assembly from the radiator. This will provide room to turn the engine
with a socket and ratchet using the vibration damper bolt.
6.
Turn the engine in a clockwise direction until the rotor is approaching the scribed mark on the distributor housing. Then slowly turn the engine
until the timing mark on the crankshaft vibration damper (D) lines up with zero (0) on the front cover timing scale.
