thanks! No worries, minor setback and I get to do my first rebuild....
now i just have to upgrade that crappy TH200 also.
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now i just have to upgrade that crappy TH200 also.
I have heard different sounds from a cracked fleplate, I have heard sound like a bearing knock and like a scraping
When you find a problem like you did with #8 you need to stop. Those problems don't go away no matter how much you ignore them. If you want to keep the engine and rebuild it it is always cheaper to do it before the engine blows up.
we havent been driving it, I found the plug issue when i pulled them to check compression just for piece of mind. i couldnt really hear the noise with no exhaust on the car. we towed it to the exhaust shop and once that was all fixed, thats when we really heard it
hey guys. here is the noise we were discussing., take a listen and see if you think it sounds like the flexplate or wrist pin, etc
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I havent dove in yet to troubleshoot so im not sure Brought it home from exhaust shop and its been sitting. I been working 7 days a week but im going to start looking and disassembling tomorrow after work. I will check that
On a positive note exhaust sounds awesome minus the clack clack clack
I will know tomorrow hopefully. Im pulling valve cover and will start the inspection
Hopefully it something minor....if you find a rocker or two real loose look for broken valve springs...
Another one from the Mr. Sony Archive:
Also, check ALL the spark plugs. I bought a set from summit, 1 of them was a completely wrong plug in the right box. If I would've put it in it would've smacked a piston, but it was in an R45TSX box like all the others. A dead hole would make a noise, but not the one you describe and thats in the video. Put another plug in it if you haven't. F8ck it. It's $2.
It kinda sounds like a rocker hitting the valve cover. It's rythmic, that's for sure. It's making noise in a very specific pattern, like a valve opening and closing, or something. The noise doesn't sound all that muffled, it may be something external. When my thunderbird bent a pushrod, it sounded kind of like that.
And fyi, Olds stopped painting blocks gold in '74. Gold paint means nothing on an oldsmobile engine past 74. '78 350 will have windowed mains, not as strong as a 73 and earlier block, and the heads I believe were made by pontiac and, well sucked. Flowed terrible and were crack prone. It's still a 307, so a 403, a 455, 425, or a 330 will swap in with very little hassle if you cant find a decent 350 to work with.
Also, check ALL the spark plugs. I bought a set from summit, 1 of them was a completely wrong plug in the right box. If I would've put it in it would've smacked a piston, but it was in an R45TSX box like all the others. A dead hole would make a noise, but not the one you describe and thats in the video. Put another plug in it if you haven't. F8ck it. It's $2.
It kinda sounds like a rocker hitting the valve cover. It's rythmic, that's for sure. It's making noise in a very specific pattern, like a valve opening and closing, or something. The noise doesn't sound all that muffled, it may be something external. When my thunderbird bent a pushrod, it sounded kind of like that.
And fyi, Olds stopped painting blocks gold in '74. Gold paint means nothing on an oldsmobile engine past 74. '78 350 will have windowed mains, not as strong as a 73 and earlier block, and the heads I believe were made by pontiac and, well sucked. Flowed terrible and were crack prone. It's still a 307, so a 403, a 455, 425, or a 330 will swap in with very little hassle if you cant find a decent 350 to work with.
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