'76 RS pushrod rattle

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Wobbly
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Re: '76 RS pushrod rattle

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Shades wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:53 am I really do think it's one or both of the pushrods on the left side that is rattling at a certain frequency (equal to 3000rpm).
Then you'd hear it directly when you hold a screwdriver between your ear and the tube, like a stethoscope, when you have a friend run the engine up to 3000 RPM.

No guessing there ! ;)
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robert
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Re: '76 RS pushrod rattle

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Could be a broken lifter, it happens.
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