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Old 10-01-2007, 06:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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#5 club- need some advice...........

The trucks slight ticking turned into a louder ( not horrible, just mor noticable) ticking. So I stopped driving it. I just pulled the valve cover and all the rockers and discovered that i can wiggle around the #5 exhaust valve. so it needs a valve job. My dilemma is, I NEED to sell the truck. What do i do? sell it as it is or have the heads redone and sell it????

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Old 10-01-2007, 07:55 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: #5 club- need some advice...........

links dead fyi

to know if its worth it wed need to see waht the truck is worth
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Re: #5 club- need some advice...........

Sorry, the link now works.
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Re: #5 club- need some advice...........

no clue its bio diesel but regular id fix it
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Re: #5 club- need some advice...........

Do you have a video of the ticking? Would it run enough to get it up on a trailer?
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Re: #5 club- need some advice...........

It runs and drives fine as is. Just with the valve guides worn as they are it is a time bomb waiting to explode.

you cant hear the ticking on the video. the mic wont pick it up over the diesel clatter.
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Re: #5 club- need some advice...........

i have a dump truck i would trade for it but that doesnt solve your problem [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]



Good luck selling it!
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