Bruce,
Have you inspected your rocker shaft for wear? The underside of the shft
will develop "ruts" at each rocker. Perhaps this is allowing one of the
rockers to shift position slightly causing he intermittent click. The other
thing I can think of as a possible cause is a worn tappet (lifter, not thew
pushrod). It's rotation might be reducing or increasing the gap at the
rocker. Just a couple thoughts.
Gerard
At 10:52 PM -0500 5/19/99, Bruce Woodward wrote:
>I've tried it cold, I've tried them hot, I have one lifter that seems to
>just intermittently click away.
>
>I've used the screwdriver to the ear at the rocker shaft and on top of the
>rockers to no avail. I just can't seem to find which one starts ticking for
>a period, then quiets down, then starts back up again.
>
>Any ideas? Also, as this is a 1098 10CG motor out of something earlier
>than the 65 bodyshell it's in, it has a mechanical fuel pump. but the
>ticking seems to be at the rocker area.
>
>
>bruce@woodward-realty.com
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