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1994 jeep grand cherokee won't start!!

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I have a 1994 jeep grand cherokee laredo 5.2 litre V8
I bought a new car and left the jeep to sit for a couple months.. but when I took her for drives a noticed that she was sputtery and the idle was off. To fix my BABY! I decided to replace the distributor cap, After I did she wouldn't start right.. I have tried the actual firing pattern 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2, and she won't start at all there.. then when i do 1-1 2-2 and she starts but back fires like crazy.. I have done clock wise, counter clock wise.. EVERYTHING!
Is there something that I am missing.. the wires and plugs are brand new!
I'm stumped. :/
I have also checked the timing, battery. I noticed that the distributor rotor was rough so I sanded it down a bit.. Could that be the problem? did I screw up the rotor? I can normally fix a air plane if you put it in front of me and this problem is just beyond frustrating! I have no idea what I am doing wrong.. local mechanics just want me to bring it to them and google turns up nothing.
 
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