Recent content by rthurber

Update! Just wanted to update the forum on my issue. The distributor was pulled and sure enough it turned out to be the problem. You could barely spin it by hand - it really took a lot of effort just to get it moving. No other wear was evident which was nice. A new distributor was put in and...

Thanks again for the heads up Tom. I'll let you know how it works out.

I had thought the same thing when I first realized where the noise was coming from. Both of the screws holding down the cap seemed tight when I lossened them to take a peak under. And they are definitely tight now after putting it back on. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hi Guys, First time poster - I try to read posts as time allows. I am getting a whirring/howling (insert your own sound effects here) sound from the distributor of my '96 XJ with the 4.0 HO. I first noticed it this morning and it went away after a minute or so. I drove to work and didn't...