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Re: '76 RS pushrod rattle

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:11 pm
by Wobbly
Shades wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:53 am I really do think it's one or both of the pushrods on the left side that is rattling at a certain frequency (equal to 3000rpm).
Then you'd hear it directly when you hold a screwdriver between your ear and the tube, like a stethoscope, when you have a friend run the engine up to 3000 RPM.

No guessing there ! ;)

Re: '76 RS pushrod rattle

Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 3:42 pm
by robert
Could be a broken lifter, it happens.