79cj7duner
01-20-2005, 09:37 PM
I've got a just broken in 304 in my 79 CJ7. I was driving up the road the other day when I heard it start ticking. Thinking this wasn't good, I backed into the garage and shut it down. I pulled the valve cover tonight and I find another broken rocker arm bridge, a bent pushrod (hi-po hardened style) and coolant inside the valve cover. Not good. I pulled the intake off and got the other pushrod out of the valley, and discovered that the valley pan was the leak culprit. I even put black goo on it to seal it, and I know it didn't work. I also found a lifter out of it's bore in the valley. When I noticed the tick, the motor wasn't building much oil pressure-I thought I blew it up. But I am now wondering if the lifter didn't cause the no oil psi problem, but what is the tick (assuming it doesn't go away when I get everything all put back together) Did I waste the lower end? It definitely is not a knock, just a tick, and it does not change when you take the plug wire off (first thing I checked).
What are your opinions on fixing this-best way to not have it happen again I guess :!: :(:
And don't say Chebby smal block, or AMC 401, this 304 has all the power I'll ever use.
What are your opinions on fixing this-best way to not have it happen again I guess :!: :(:
And don't say Chebby smal block, or AMC 401, this 304 has all the power I'll ever use.
