Evening all, I’m on a bit of a road trip and currently on the northern CA coast. Car (‘83 SC) has been running excellent and I’ve been driving it pretty hard without any hiccups. Then I started it up tonight after a beach stop and it sounds like this.
https://youtu.be/b-fh6JApdNs
The clackety-clack gets faster with revs. Power seems unaffected. Valves, guides, lower head studs all replaced last year so I’m stuck thinking it’s my rockers or valve lash (inspected rockers and did valve lash adjustment 3k miles ago) or I have an exhaust leak to my original HEs.
As I’m about 1000 miles from home and on a deadline, I need to know how much stress I’m going to undergo tonight as I nurse a few camp beers.