That may explain the clunking noise. I'm interested to see where this push rod went, as stated the lifter is below the push rod, and the cam is below the lifter.

 

That must have made some serious noise...

 

we are kind of confused also because the lifter went down and we put a magnet in there trying to jiggle it around and it came up a little so we have no clue whats going on

 

Any ideas on how we can get that lifter out without taking off the head.

 

Not without destroying the engine.

 

Dammit, I guess I'll start taking that apart this weekend.



Update for 3-8-12
Took off oil pan and had the oil pump looked at a bit. Everything appears to be fine so far but will check further this weekend. Here's a pic

 

lifter could of colapsed letting push tube fall or push tube broke gotta remove head might as well check cam lobe replace all lifters and push tube as long as cam lobes not worn off

 

x2, thats what i was thinking but didnt want to take the head off honestly. Its a lot of work

 

This update is way overdue! So it's been about 3 weeks that my baby has been up and running again. Great deal having to do with Unleashed helping out.

Based on the symptoms engine had shown before with oil pressure being low/ possibly inaccurate, coolant loss, and cylinder misfire we decided the way to go was to replace the engine. We replaced it with a 96' engine and had to do a few other things to make sure it worked. Long story short, she's running strong, and when idling oil pressure is between 40-50 psi, and at 50 psi while driving. Gotta say I'm pretty happy. I'll try to do some sort of write up when I get the chance. Possibly get my build thread started.

 

So where did the push rod end up? Was it all in one piece?

 

Push rod ended up going down into the valve, had a whole problem with the lifter that never came back up. one of the push rods was even bent, never got a chance for a picture of that one.

 

Here's my rig now that it's running and on 35's





Mine is the one at the front out in John Bull. Did the trail this past Saturday. 5/12/12

 

gyot es