crash-harris
Breaker! Breaker!
Well I think it may be time for lifters and pushrods. Wish I could just overbuilt an IDIT and be good food a long while, but definitely not in the cards, so I need a cheap fix to insure the engine outlasts the floor of the cab 
I've had a "thumping" sound at idle for a good while, but not a "huffing" and couldn't hear it from anywhere but the driver's seat. There's also been a ticking that changes with RPM that I've heard under everything that has gotten worse. All research had pointed to cracked/broken rings (haven't been able to afford a compression tester or to make one). I pulled the valve covers and insured that all rockers were torqued and looked for obvious signs, I only found the driver's side to be a bit black (same side all the injectors stuck open on after the wreck) and the passenger side so clean that the are some rust deposits in the top peons of the pushrods. Put new valve cover gaskets on and continued to scratch my head and hope that is not valve guides.
On a particularly cold morning, I started the truck and got 20-30 seconds of "gulping" before it went back to thumping, then after getting stuck in my own driveway a few weeks later (2wd, open diff, dually and 2" of ice), I started hearing the "chuffing" from the exhaust. It hasn't done that since then either. So I'm guessing I've got some combination of sticky lifters and worn roller bearings. Sound about right?
I have been running Lucus oil stabilizer at oil changes, but I'm thinking I need to replace the CDR (for now) as I'm getting an oily intake and burning more oil than before. Dumped some seafoam in the oil a few weeks ago hoping it would work something loose (but not anything that shouldn't be!).
I have questions regarding lifters and pushrods.
Are Enginetech lifters consistanly bushings or needle bearings or a crap shoot?
I see IDI pushrods are supposed to be 10" long, but keep seeing replacements advertised as 9.890" Is this actually the same, just being measured without including ball?
And can someone pay to pave my driveway and run electric/pour a floor/insulate my garage?
I've had a "thumping" sound at idle for a good while, but not a "huffing" and couldn't hear it from anywhere but the driver's seat. There's also been a ticking that changes with RPM that I've heard under everything that has gotten worse. All research had pointed to cracked/broken rings (haven't been able to afford a compression tester or to make one). I pulled the valve covers and insured that all rockers were torqued and looked for obvious signs, I only found the driver's side to be a bit black (same side all the injectors stuck open on after the wreck) and the passenger side so clean that the are some rust deposits in the top peons of the pushrods. Put new valve cover gaskets on and continued to scratch my head and hope that is not valve guides.
On a particularly cold morning, I started the truck and got 20-30 seconds of "gulping" before it went back to thumping, then after getting stuck in my own driveway a few weeks later (2wd, open diff, dually and 2" of ice), I started hearing the "chuffing" from the exhaust. It hasn't done that since then either. So I'm guessing I've got some combination of sticky lifters and worn roller bearings. Sound about right?
I have been running Lucus oil stabilizer at oil changes, but I'm thinking I need to replace the CDR (for now) as I'm getting an oily intake and burning more oil than before. Dumped some seafoam in the oil a few weeks ago hoping it would work something loose (but not anything that shouldn't be!).
I have questions regarding lifters and pushrods.
Are Enginetech lifters consistanly bushings or needle bearings or a crap shoot?
I see IDI pushrods are supposed to be 10" long, but keep seeing replacements advertised as 9.890" Is this actually the same, just being measured without including ball?
And can someone pay to pave my driveway and run electric/pour a floor/insulate my garage?
