oilbased
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Hi all. Could use some advice. 93 XLT, 4.0, manual, 2wd.
When I first got this thing it was ticking bad on driver side valve cover. I removed said cover and found that a piece of metal had been wired to the first rocker arm from the front. Well, that kind of left me dumbfounded. So I took it to a local shop and asked what the hell.
He told me about how rangers were bad to wear out in that area and that someone had wired it in there to quiet in down. So I replaced all the rockers on that side, but I don't think I replaced the push-rods at that time because they looked in decent shape. Long story short, after putting it back together it still had a tick, but not as bad as before. So I lived with it.
I ended up having some medical problems and parked it for a couple years. So there is only 200 or 300 miles on the new rockers.
It was bugging me so I tore into it again and I can see that the valve stem has been wore down. I had read (on this forum) that putting in a longer push-rod would be the best and easiest way of getting it quiet and wanted to get some opinions on the subject.
Basically looking for a part number. Autozone only shows one push-rod for my model
When I first got this thing it was ticking bad on driver side valve cover. I removed said cover and found that a piece of metal had been wired to the first rocker arm from the front. Well, that kind of left me dumbfounded. So I took it to a local shop and asked what the hell.
He told me about how rangers were bad to wear out in that area and that someone had wired it in there to quiet in down. So I replaced all the rockers on that side, but I don't think I replaced the push-rods at that time because they looked in decent shape. Long story short, after putting it back together it still had a tick, but not as bad as before. So I lived with it.
I ended up having some medical problems and parked it for a couple years. So there is only 200 or 300 miles on the new rockers.
It was bugging me so I tore into it again and I can see that the valve stem has been wore down. I had read (on this forum) that putting in a longer push-rod would be the best and easiest way of getting it quiet and wanted to get some opinions on the subject.
Basically looking for a part number. Autozone only shows one push-rod for my model
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