Engine Sounds

[schovil69]

Checked the distributor and it was dead on so I climbed under the pickup and removed the three torque converter bolts to gain access to the flywheel bolts. There was not enough space to get a wrench in there and I was not able to push the converter back far enough to make a difference. But, we figured starting it with the converter disconnected would help eliminate the flywheel as the culprit of this new sound. No such luck so back together that went.

The next thought was maybe the rotor was hitting the cap. Getting to the distributor I immediately saw two hold-downs were not latched, so latched 'em and fired it up. The sound persisted, engine runs good, revs good, hold the RPM's up for a bit and the noise *POOF*...it disappeared. Ensure the timing was set and adjusted the idle then took it for a short cruise through the neighborhood. Project New Engine is complied with.