2.3L ('83-'97) 2.3l ticking after cylinder head replacement

[ussgato]

I just replaced the cylinder head on my 97 2.3l ford ranger after having issues with recessed valves severely decreasing performance and causing bad misfires. It now runs great however I noticed after having driven it a few hours I shut it down and started it cold it had a ticking noise coming from the head for a few minutes until I revved it using the throttle control cable . I’m thinking it’s lifter tick and I’m just wondering if this is normal or if I should do anything about it? It runs great other than the tick for the first few minutes after cold start.

 

[scotts90ranger]

These are known to have somewhat loud valvetrain... if it really bugs you at one point I read about putting dimes under the lash adjusters for a little extra preload, did that for a while but it didn't change anything for me so next time I was in there I took them out...