Stumbled into it....
Meanwhile....ordered comp cam ex256h kit to take care of the lifter problem. Cam upgrade couldnt hurt either.
Should have pulled the valve covers. When I did, I saw someone had ground valves down basically to the retainers. And the lifter, rod and valve that were making the racket had been replaced due to the rocker pressing on the spring retainer instead of the valve which caused the valve to drop and get slapped by the piston. Fortunately, he had shut it down quickly it appeared because theres only a couple 'smiles' on the piston and no other issues from that.
When i got the cam out, there was a flake out of the second bearing, so motor came out for cam bearings. While i have it out Im replacing cam, rod, and main bearings, oil pump and pick-up, fuel pump, new mini starter, hooker super comp ceramic headers, new 11"clutch kit, plugs, cap, rotor, wires, coil, aluminum radiator, hoses and probably stuff I forgot. The heads are being machined with new valves and the springs etc that came with my comp cam kit.
Meanwhile....ordered comp cam ex256h kit to take care of the lifter problem. Cam upgrade couldnt hurt either.
Should have pulled the valve covers. When I did, I saw someone had ground valves down basically to the retainers. And the lifter, rod and valve that were making the racket had been replaced due to the rocker pressing on the spring retainer instead of the valve which caused the valve to drop and get slapped by the piston. Fortunately, he had shut it down quickly it appeared because theres only a couple 'smiles' on the piston and no other issues from that.
When i got the cam out, there was a flake out of the second bearing, so motor came out for cam bearings. While i have it out Im replacing cam, rod, and main bearings, oil pump and pick-up, fuel pump, new mini starter, hooker super comp ceramic headers, new 11"clutch kit, plugs, cap, rotor, wires, coil, aluminum radiator, hoses and probably stuff I forgot. The heads are being machined with new valves and the springs etc that came with my comp cam kit.
