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Thanks! what are the steps to pull distributor out? To install that oil pump shaft guide. Thanks
 

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Come on man.

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Everybody is watching and you want me to lead you down that rabbit hole?
Come on man!

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lol

Better be a big azz tick..but lots of em are watching so intently because they got no idea wtf that little plastic thing is only that they've never seen one.

Ever seen this channel about squarebody stuff?

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The more you know...


 

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Prolly got one in the bottom of your oil pan and don't even know it.
Junior.

Look here . When all the water boils out of the pot if you can sift through the speculation , guesses, and hail Mary voodoo , replacing the shaft coupler sleeve is THE cheapest way to fix it - if that's your problem.

Five bucks and a 9/16 with a #2 Phillips.
Replace that dealy and see if it still makes the noise..might fix it first shot. :waytogo:
 

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Prolly got one in the bottom of your oil pan and don't even know it.
Junior.

Look here . When all the water boils out of the pot if you can sift through the speculation , guesses, and hail Mary voodoo , replacing the shaft coupler sleeve is THE cheapest way to fix it - if that's your problem.

Five bucks and a 9/16 with a #2 Phillips.
Replace that dealy and see if it still makes the noise..might fix it first shot. :waytogo:
You would laugh at what i eventually found out when i pulled the motor. It was a butterfly valve on the exhaust manifold that was just a flappin
 

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Thanks for the help from everyone. I figured out that it was not a knock or a tick but a butterfly valve on the exhaust manifold that was flapping
 

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Glad you found the cause of the problem, and that it wasn't a giant tick, just a little butterfly
 

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That's a new one! Pretty tough to diagnose engine noises over the internet though the information I provided is valid. Maybe it can help somebody else...
Still cheaper than a butterfly valve mmhmm. Thanks for the update.
 

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A stethoscope usually ends up being a cheap investment, relatively speaking.
 
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That's a new one! Pretty tough to diagnose engine noises over the internet though the information I provided is valid. Maybe it can help somebody else...
Still cheaper than a butterfly valve mmhmm. Thanks for the update.
Man i was livid when i found out what it was
 

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Maybe I have heard of that .
Yep I don't think it was very long ago either. Somebody had a very similar problem IN this MSB pretty sure now I'm thinkin about it.
Might make a good place to  start looking in the future - matter of fact since yours is #2 in recent history.

Any reader recall that? Was it you?
Sound off!
 

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