Jim H post reminded me of a strange issue we once had that involved a stran=
ge ticking sound in our 455. We were out in the middle of almost no where =
going to Alaska when the ticking started. In the next town we came to we s=
topped at a side of the road truck and auto repair place to have them liste=
n and guess what the cause might be. Ears, stethoscopes and a lot of hmmmi=
ng produced nothing definitive. While there I pulled the oil dip stick and=
noticed the oil level was way high. That sent us off looking for a blown =
he=E2=80=99d gasket or some other leak of water into the oil - only there w=
as no brown foam that would suggest water in the oil. After much puttering=
and speculating I found that the dip stick tube had been pushed down into =
the block (no bulge in it, just straight tubing that slowly slid into the b=
lock casting! That caused the dip stick to protrude too far into the oil p=
ool and read high. It also allowed the dip stick to protrude too far down =
where a crank lobe was just touching it causing the tick sound. So, anythi=
ng is possible with our old girls....... Jerry Work The Dovetail Joi=
nt Fine furniture designed & hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Te=
mple building in historic Kerby, OR http://jerrywork.com _=E2=80=
=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94- The backfiring, however, persist=
ed, accompanied by a mechanical clicking sound. So, I referred them to a =
local repair shop for a compression test and further repairs. Jim Hupy=
Salem, Oregon =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=
=94=E2=80=94
ge ticking sound in our 455. We were out in the middle of almost no where =
going to Alaska when the ticking started. In the next town we came to we s=
topped at a side of the road truck and auto repair place to have them liste=
n and guess what the cause might be. Ears, stethoscopes and a lot of hmmmi=
ng produced nothing definitive. While there I pulled the oil dip stick and=
noticed the oil level was way high. That sent us off looking for a blown =
he=E2=80=99d gasket or some other leak of water into the oil - only there w=
as no brown foam that would suggest water in the oil. After much puttering=
and speculating I found that the dip stick tube had been pushed down into =
the block (no bulge in it, just straight tubing that slowly slid into the b=
lock casting! That caused the dip stick to protrude too far into the oil p=
ool and read high. It also allowed the dip stick to protrude too far down =
where a crank lobe was just touching it causing the tick sound. So, anythi=
ng is possible with our old girls....... Jerry Work The Dovetail Joi=
nt Fine furniture designed & hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Te=
mple building in historic Kerby, OR http://jerrywork.com _=E2=80=
=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94- The backfiring, however, persist=
ed, accompanied by a mechanical clicking sound. So, I referred them to a =
local repair shop for a compression test and further repairs. Jim Hupy=
Salem, Oregon =E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=94=E2=80=
=94=E2=80=94
