[paitken76]

Finished almost everything lastnight. I took EVERYTHING apart and cleaned the hell out of it. The exhuast system front to tail, cam assembly & parts, head, pistons, rubber hoses, vacuum lines, gauges, sensors...well EVERYTHING. I replaced every gasket and every seal everywhere while I was at it, new hoes, clamps, plugs, filters, oil, belts.. you name it. Basicly I did more than I had to, but why not I was already in there. I have a few things to adjust, accidently reversed the wire probes on the Oil Temp Sensor so it indicates redline on the dash. Quick reversal of the wires will fix that, and I have a bit high idle due to a new throttle body idle bolt that needs adjusting. I still need to do a few water and oil changes before she's road worthy to get any other leftovers out of the engine. I started it and it runs, thats a good sign, but I have a whine (maybe a overly tightened power steering bely of Alt belt - Those are the only ones I didnt really measure. Used a gauge on the Timing & Cam of course. ) and most important of all there's "pinning" that sounds like the lifters are out of whack... out of sync or lifting too high / low. Something. But it definitely sounds like the lifters. My dad worked on cars back in the day and he thought the same thing, it sounds like the lifters. Which back in the day he said he would just adjust. Whats wrong? And how do I fix it? Big problem, small problem? Maybe everything just needs to run for a bit to lube up and get moving again? I ran it again this morning (first lastnight) for a few minutes and it sounds better but the pinning noise is still present. Suggestions PLEASE!