Re: New guy from N.C. 1949 23rd Deluxe 8 question about lifter noise

Posted by N.C.23rdPackard On 2012/8/16 18:19:14

Thanks! It has its imperfections here and there but it gives her a little character, and Yeah, I do need to buy some new fender skirts, the old ones are DONE! I am mindful of it tho, I rotate my belt buckle as far to one side as I can an un-clip my pocket knife from my pocket. As for the tick, it does not go away when I push the clutch, I can sit at the light with my foot on the clutch ind it just ticking away. It is when I idle the engine up to what I would guess is 1100 or 1200 RPMs for a few seconds that it goes away. Poor oil flow at less than that maybe? It holds 30lbs of oil pressure at idle, and more when you are going down the road, so I would not think so.....Just trying to figure out which end of this thing I should start poking with a wrench first to fix it. It is messing up that Packard air-plain engine purrrr! lol