65 Barracuda daily driver
Spent yesterday afternoon taking the dash apart to get to the vents, because they were making a horrible vibration noise that I could not stand anymore. While I had the dash cluster out I put some sound deadener in there. I drove it that night and it was nice and quiet.
However, I had noticed a subtle lifter tick the last few times I drove it, but it went away when the engine was warmed up. Only on the driver side though. Last night it didn't go away and seemed to get worse. So today I pulled out all the lifters - with the 675 heads I was able to pull them through the heads after I removed the rocker shaft. I mainly wanted to check out the bottom surfaces. They seemed all fine. So I thought while I have them out I'll take them apart and clean them. They were clacking a bit when I started the car, but eventually that went away and I took the car for a drive on the freeway. Ran great and the last few changes with the re-curved distributor and the FBO ignition box made the car pretty good. I took a spark plug out just to have a look and I think it looks fine. It's not gonna tell you much, because it's been therethrough different timing and carb adjustments.
Spent yesterday afternoon taking the dash apart to get to the vents, because they were making a horrible vibration noise that I could not stand anymore. While I had the dash cluster out I put some sound deadener in there. I drove it that night and it was nice and quiet.
However, I had noticed a subtle lifter tick the last few times I drove it, but it went away when the engine was warmed up. Only on the driver side though. Last night it didn't go away and seemed to get worse. So today I pulled out all the lifters - with the 675 heads I was able to pull them through the heads after I removed the rocker shaft. I mainly wanted to check out the bottom surfaces. They seemed all fine. So I thought while I have them out I'll take them apart and clean them. They were clacking a bit when I started the car, but eventually that went away and I took the car for a drive on the freeway. Ran great and the last few changes with the re-curved distributor and the FBO ignition box made the car pretty good. I took a spark plug out just to have a look and I think it looks fine. It's not gonna tell you much, because it's been therethrough different timing and carb adjustments.