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Oct 14, 2002 | 04:05 AM

GT40man

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From: Jax FL

ticking 351m

Oct 14, 2002 | 09:46 AM

jpb222

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ticking 351m

I have a 79 ranger with a 351m

The truck has 39,000 original miles

It sat for 10 years in a garage before I got it at an estate sale.

I finally got it running well and have put 800+ miles on it in the last month. ever since I got it running it has been ticking from the top end, I figured that it was a lifter so I put some marvel mistery oil in it right when I got it running. I have put 800 miles on it and it still ticks.

What gives?
could a rocker be bad on an engine with this low of miles?
how do you find a bad rocker / pushrod?

Or is the rocker still stuck?

thanks,

John

1979 f-150
1976 f-100
1952 f-1
1949 f-1

Oct 14, 2002 | 05:19 PM

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From: McPherson, Ks

ticking 351m

A leaking exhaust gasket can make a terrible TICK, and its a cheap fix. Look for black soot around the manifold OR black soot on the ceramic part of the spark plugs. good luck.