Heardatbeat
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After a very long winter my '71 was finally almost ready to be picked up from my mechanics shop. Little back story first. When I bought the car it had an obvious pronounced vibration. When my mechanic took it apart it had a 10 inch clutch and was internally balanced. Now it has a new 10 inch clutch but it is now externally balanced. That seemed to have taken care of some of the vibrations, but now the engine is making a tick-tick-tick-tick sound from what sound like the passenger valve cover. My mechanic says the problem may be that the engine is unbalanced and can seriously damage the engine. Well a little Google search came up with results saying some people say it is the lifters, rockers and/or pushrods or the timing may be wrong or even that a high volume pump may fix it. Anyways my question is this, has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas on how to pin point it? Any ideas to fix it?
Oh my engine is a 351C 4V with a 4 speed toploader.
Oh my engine is a 351C 4V with a 4 speed toploader.