JHAMMER
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- 2000
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- Ford Ranger
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Good afternoon, I'm trying to find anyone who can help me diagnose an issue that I'm having with my rebuilt 3.0. For reference, I have a 2000 Ford Ranger 2wd 3.0 V6. I recently rebuilt the motor and took it for its first drive in almost 4 months, the issue I'm having is what sounds like a lifter tick from possibly 1 or 2 lifters. So when I rebuilt the motor I did the following, pistons, rings, cam bearings, main bearing, rod bearings, timing chain, and gears. I also did much more however that's the internals, I didn't do lifters, rockers, rods, or cam due to the condition of those items. When I fired up the motor for the first time I could hear the ticking of what I think is a lifter as the motor came back to idle. I then drove around thinking that the lifter might not be fully pumped up and it seemed to go away after a few minutes but then would come back. The sound seems to go away under acceleration but will return under no load, I'm scared that I might wipe a lobe on my cam but don't know what to do at this point, any input would be much appreciated.