If the car is a 62 or earlier Classic family (big Rambler), I think you can pull the pan fairly easily and check the rod journals to see where the culprit is. There's a chance it's not a rod. It could be an loose pulley on the water pump or on an accessory. Anyway if you pull the pan you should be able to diagnose it and go from there. I agree with Tom. I would not drive it, unless you want to spend more on the repair. Joe Fulton --- On Sat, 10/25/08, gorhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <gorhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: gorhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <gorhodes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Amc-list] Amc-list Digest, Vol 22, Issue 75 > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 6:31 PM > Got a quick question.I have a 196 6 cyl. and I have a rod > bearing making noise.My friend said to just drive it.Could > this mess up the crankshaft?Thanks in advance. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://splatter.wps.com/pipermail/amc-list/attachments/20081026/62317da3/attachment.htm > > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list