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Old 09-12-2013, 02:03 PM   #64
HIGHWAY BY THE SEA
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Re: Exciting News!! Blast From The Past!!!

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I have a 250 in mine and it has always made a tapping noise, like a loud sewing machine. It took me forever trying to track down an exhaust leak before my grandfather (whose truck it was) told me that its just the noise from the lifters and has always done that haha. I do not know if its true, or there is a problem somewhere but it always just ticks right along, even after an oil change/valve adjustment.
My old inline 6 in my 1981 C10 never did that, and my mechanic thought it was not normal in the 1968 C10 too....? HMMMM......? My long term goal is to lose the inline 6 and 3 speed transmission (undriveable in these days of cities of crowded and jammed roads) and put in a crate 350 and 700R4.
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