No oil coming up through my push rods.
Have you ruled out an exhaust leak? Get a piece of hose and use it to listen around the header flange. Look for soot around the exhaust ports as well. I thought something was wrong with my valve train and it ended up being an exhaust leak. Second time I had a nice ticking noise, it was a mushroomed valve stem. It was noticeable without removing the rocker arm shaft. I would remove the shafts and inspect the valve stems real good for signs of wear. Maybe the stem height is incorrect. I attached a few pictures from the manual on the proper orientation of the shafts and rockers to help if you haven't already checked that. There's a notch in the shafts. Left shaft: faces forward and down. Right shaft: faces to the rear and down. It's easy to remove and reinstall those shafts and it'll give you piece of mind. Good luck.
Have you ruled out an exhaust leak? Get a piece of hose and use it to listen around the header flange. Look for soot around the exhaust ports as well. I thought something was wrong with my valve train and it ended up being an exhaust leak. Second time I had a nice ticking noise, it was a mushroomed valve stem. It was noticeable without removing the rocker arm shaft. I would remove the shafts and inspect the valve stems real good for signs of wear. Maybe the stem height is incorrect. I attached a few pictures from the manual on the proper orientation of the shafts and rockers to help if you haven't already checked that. There's a notch in the shafts. Left shaft: faces forward and down. Right shaft: faces to the rear and down. It's easy to remove and reinstall those shafts and it'll give you piece of mind. Good luck.
