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- Sep 25, 2016
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- Location
- Sac, CA
- Vehicle Year
- 1993
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Transmission
- Manual
The rattling has always been there but I pushed the truck pretty hard on a camping trip up the hill a few weeks ago and the clattering was so loud the engine was going to just disintegrate into pieces. I guess I can't put this off any longer. I'm hoping the new pushrods as well as all the new intake gaskets will fix my wavy idle. I'll probably swap the engine mounts too while it's in the garage. I considered new lifters but it sounds like they're not as big of a problem as the pushrods, and significantly more work to change.
Anything else worth swapping out while I'm pulling the top end off? I'm at 160k right now. I don't have as much time as I wish I did to wrench on the old girl so any time I get my elbows dirty I like to do as much as I can. I don't daily the truck anymore and it's basically just used for hauling as needed, so I'm not going crazy with the budget, but I don't mind spending a few extra bucks on something that's not broken yet, I mean I do plan on keeping the truck a while.
Anything else worth swapping out while I'm pulling the top end off? I'm at 160k right now. I don't have as much time as I wish I did to wrench on the old girl so any time I get my elbows dirty I like to do as much as I can. I don't daily the truck anymore and it's basically just used for hauling as needed, so I'm not going crazy with the budget, but I don't mind spending a few extra bucks on something that's not broken yet, I mean I do plan on keeping the truck a while.
