Re: [AMC-List] 64 Rambler Progress Report

[markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'd pop the dist and check the oil pump tang and see if I could see anything obvious there and check oil pressure. All the conditions you are reporting sound like they could be oil presure related.-
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Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> This is a 64 Rambler Classic which I picked up from a
> local junkyard rather than see it crushed.  Clean body
> which needs paint.  An early 232 has been transplanted
> into the car by a previous owner.  At first I thought
> it was one of the scarce 232 4-doors which were made
> by AMC along with the Rambler Typhoons, but the
> homemade engine mounts give the transplant away.
> 
> The car started fine two days ago.  It had a slight
> lifter tick which went away as it warmed up.  All I
> did to get it running was replace the burned points
> and condenser.  The car was horribly out of time too. 
> The distributor wasn't loose, but it did sit in the
> front yard of the junkyard several weeks so someone
> could have tampered with it.  
> 
> Yesterday, when I started it after replacing the worn
> shifter column with another used column, there was a
> pronounced lifter tick which didn't go away as the
> engine warmed and there was a brief loud metallic
> sound like something loose in the oil pan.  Maybe I
> should have shut it down then, but the sound was only
> brief. 
> 
> Tonight I'll pull the valve cover and inspect the
> rocker shaft and push rods.  I'll also do a cold
> compression test before I start the engine, looking
> for clues.  I'll drain and strain the oil.  Any other
> suggestions?
> 
> Regards,
> Joe Fulton
> Salinas, CA
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