Recent content by 1970DCH

The manuals do say for the stock unit to touch and this does make sense given the pickup itself intentionally sets the screen about 1/4 above the true bottom of pan. I also read 3/8, so I left a little bit of room to make up the difference.

Finally, problem solved. The oil pickup tube was not only too high, (1.5 inch above the bottom of pan), the tube itself was angled such that the screen on the pickup was furthest from the oil in the pan—>This is also the reason the issue was only notable on right hand turns. Thanks for...

When I run an inch higher, the problem does go away, but then I’m running potentially too much oil, no? Can you comment more about not running the pickup touching the pan? The service manuals describe the necessity for the pickup to touch the bottom of the pan.

That is correct. I expect this to resolve my problem.

Updates for those who are interested: - I checked the rocker arms for play and proper lash—> Everything is good. No movement on valve stems, no loose arms, all lifters were pumped up, oil equally everywhere. I went back to the beginning of the symptoms: 1. Only happens when turning right for...

Well, after all the work that I did, I’m now suspicious that the passenger rear side lifters are not getting enough oil somehow. If a brand new set of lifters has the same issue (suspected same cylinder lifter not pumping up) then it has to be the oil flow to that lifter….I’m going to remove the...

Alright, I took all of the advice and got to work. What I immediately found was that the exhaust valve lifter on cylinder 8 was not holding pressure. With joy, I believed this to be the problem. As such, I performed the following: 1. New set of lifters for all cylinders. The lifters and cam both...

Thank you. I’m planning to open it up including removing the intake manifold to see what’s going on and inspect the cam. One way or another, something is wrong. I’ll post back once I have a look. Thanks for the input!

I have an auto stethoscope and could not hear any noticeable difference down the valve covers; sounds more like from center of the engine. Maybe points toward cam lob on its way out, but wouldn’t that be there all the time? This noise goes away intermittently.

You hear a miss? I pulled each while running and noticed no difference. I will try again.

Hello! I have been trying to diagnose this noise before embarking on removing the lifters. Link to Video open to all recommendations or ideas before I start pulling lifters/ deeper disassembly. This is my first old school engine, so take it easy on me. Symptoms: 1. First time I noticed this...

When I got the car, the grill was removed and didn’t come with the headlight motor, shaft, hardware etc. I saw what I think you are referring to on that black restomod Charger and wanted to at least try replicating that before I obtained the parts necessary to get the fully working headlight...

I realized that I never added pictures! Here’s a few.

Thank you all for the additional input. One post I came across in another forum described the same condition of ticking when hot and it someone suggested the distributor cap/ rotor. I removed it and there was some evidence of corrosion on the terminals, so I changed the cap and rotor. Unless I’m...

Before I start, yes, I read all related threads and yes, I should just take off the valve covers and evaluate. Until I can do that, this is bugging me and I’m inquiring to see if there is something obvious I could be missing—> I noticed a lifter tick upon taking an off ramp (right turn) at a...