took oil pump out and did a close visual inspection of the gears on the pump, some wear on them, but that is to be expected, but gears are sharp and clean, and the distributor goes in and is tight?. again went thru distributor and could find nothing out of ordinary or not right, assembled it all in engine and started at the moment the starter kicked, adj timing to 5D advanced and let it run for two hours, nada, nothing wrong?? beats me, but then took jeep outside and gave it a bath to get rid of pollen.

THEN DROVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK TWICE. DID NOT LEAVE ANY PIECES AND PARTS ALONGSIDE ROAD!. STEERS LIKE A TANK, BUT FRONT END NOT ALIGNED. went thru all gears, and no grinding, temp at 180. Just ran fine???

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