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Re: [TR] Rattling

To: terryrs@comcast.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Rattling
From: "Wbeech@flash.net" <wbeech@flash.net>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2016 13:38:03 -0500
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Fan could be making intermittent contact somewhere with different sounds at 
different speeds.  If you do suspect a stuck valve that should be easy enough 
to check by removing the valve cover, shake and observe.  

I should think that if the timing chain tensioner went that it would jump time 
and not run well at all, but there are greater minds than mine that can weigh 
in on that possibility.  

Good luck,
Bill B 

TS30800L


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On Aug 7, 2016, at 7:48 AM, terryrs@comcast.net wrote:

Hello, everyone.  Question.  Ever since I hit a dear last year, I've had a rap 
at low RPM followed by a rattling at higher RPMS, that goes away or can change 
pitch seemingly at random.  I don't think it's wrist pins or bottom end 
bearings, since normally that is a knock that stays a knock rather than become 
a rattle, though I could be wrong.  More curious, what does it sound like if 
the timing chain tensioner were to break off.  Can the chain rap against 
anything in there?  Or what does a sticking lifter sound like?

Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
New Hampshire

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