James -
The rocker assembly is very long and is susceptible to poor oil
lubrication at the ends of the rocker assembly from time to time.
This can cause clicking sounds... if the sound is coming from the
rocker arm I would guess that this is what it is. Not much you can do
about it except let it work its way out... there isn't much pressure
on the bronze bushings in the rocker shaft, so the rocker will work ok
with poor lubrication .... until oil finds a way back into the
bushings after a while.
Regards,
Alan
'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
On 3/6/06, James Shope <healeymanjim@joimail.com> wrote:
> as tom and ray will say, it is now time to "stump the chump". a few weeks
> ago, i adjusted the valves on a bj8. no click and no clack. a new
> distributor cap and wires were added last week. the owner tells there is a
> tick in the engine again. today i adjusteds the valves at least three times
> and could not get rid of the tick, which sounded just like a spark knock. we
> turned off the lights but could not see any spark jumping. the ticking sounded
> like it was coming from the area of cylinder 3 or 4 or the distributor. the
> tick would stop instantly when the igniton was turned off, but the valve train
> would continue moving for a few seconds as the engine came to a stop.
> deductive reasoning tells me it has to be something in the ignition system,
> but right now i am cluless. any help would be appreciated. thanks in
> advance. healeymanjim
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