Noises in the tower

Badvert65 said
Did power feel 'normal'? I had a Volare that had a valve sticking problem and it would bend a pushrod. When it did, it made a racket until the pushrod came off the lifter.
I got the stuck valve issue fixed, but not until it ate a few more pushrods. They made a terrible racket while the end of the pushrod was still in the lifter.

Yes, everything else seemed normal the engine ran like a usual. Just additional noice at first start of the morning.

TrailBeast said
Typical and exact symptoms of a cracked flex plate or loose converter bolts.

Checked the bolts, all there and tight. Couldn't really inspect the flexplate so good as I went in from the starter hole.

slantsixdan said
…but before you get too worried, check and see if the crankshaft has been hitting the dipstick. Either the stick will be shorter than it should be, or you'll feel it getting hit if you put your hand on it with the engine running (and the noise will go away if you take the stick out of the engine).

If this is the problem, carefully bend the top of the dipstick tube slightly inward toward the block. Replace the dipstick if necessary.

The dipstick is actually junk on mine, the tube is broken right at the block and not fastened anywhere else so it just hangs there and actually the tip would be pointed towards the crank. Did check the oil but didn't see anything out of the ordinary on the stick, but then again I didn't look at the tip so close. This sounds like it could be a thing but then I have managed for 10 years to avoid this.

Gonna check the valves tomorrow just to be sure, haven't been able to reproduce the sound since this morning.