Pure frustration

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Pure frustration

Reply #15 – May 29, 2007, 04:32:04 PM

Too bad you couldn't post up a vid of it running. I've heard rod knock enough to be able to spot it right away.

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Reply #16 – May 29, 2007, 04:33:27 PM

Oh and if the sound goes away as rpms climb it shouldn't be rod knock. If it was rod knock the sound would get worse at higher rpms.

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Reply #17 – May 29, 2007, 05:41:44 PM

I know when we starting firing up dad's 383, there was one rocker that kept coming out of adjustment and making a terrible knocking sound. It took several tries to get it adjusted correctly, but once it was, the sound went away.

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Reply #18 – May 29, 2007, 06:19:53 PM

If I have a chance I'll try to get a vid up of it.
I'm sure the guys in Carlisle will have a good chuckle about it.

Anyway Lou, I was thinking it had to be a rod knock... it sounded all too similar to my dad's motor on his old Ram before it blew which had a rediculous rod knock in it. On the other hand, I don't hear it until the motor warms up some. From then on it's audible from around 1,000 rpms to 2,500 and then you really don't hear it anymore. The best way to describe the sound in that range would be Quint's boat when he's pushing it to the limit in Jaws... if you know what I mean.

It could be a rocker but I'm thinking of that not being the issue since it knocked before the lifter swap and after the lifter swap which required me to remove all the rockers.

This is just leading me to believe there is something amiss in the head. But despite all that, the car runs fine. I think I've done enough speculation on it, I most likely won't know for sure until I tear into it. The only thing I do know for sure is that I can cross the lifters off the list since I was advised to start there.

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Reply #19 – May 29, 2007, 11:25:24 PM

Well at least it runs :D