Not a good night last night - Freddy came home on a tow truck for the first time in the 6 years I have had him. Was driving along in traffic, and realized that I was getting a loud clacking noise above 3K rpm. Sounded kind of like a blown out exhaust manifold gasket. Gradually over the course of a mile or two the rpm to make the noise got lower and lower. Idles fine, (actually runs fine except for the noise) but rev at all over 2K and it clatters. Decided discretion was the better part of valor and pulled over and called AAA. Sounds like it is coming from the valve train area, but I have not had a chance to investigate yet. Light, but loud clatter. Oil pressure is fine - I have a gauge.
In preparation for the worst, I do have a 40K mile spare 74 1500 motor. Freddy currently has a 1296. '77 chassis. I assume everything will basically just swap between the two long blocks, yes? What about clutch? I am not sure which transmission I have, it is an O/D box with reverse to the right of third. Is that the single rail or three rail? I have the slant radiator cooling system, so I assume I will have to swap water pumps? Any thoughts on all of this? Kevin Rhodes Westbrook, Maine /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
