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Head gasket and pistons were the only thing I saw that was bad in the entire rebuild. I believe the rhythmic noise was the gasket blowing by between the heads. I did alot of troubleshooting to follow the noise to find it between the heads. I have a video somewhere that I shoved a paper towl...
Without getting into things that are not truck related that delayed me, I was finally able to finish the rebuild. I rebuilt the heads a while back, replaced the pistons and barrings, added spin on oil filters, and added a thermocoupler to the exhaust manifold.
The final issue that has held me...
Update.
I cleaned the heads and had them resurfaced.
I went to put them back on noticed all of my heads have small surface cracks around the cut out sections.
I have bagged the heads and brought them In the house. I also sprayed wd40 in t shirts and stuffed the cylinders, and bagged the...
Between work and night school I haven't had as much time to get into the motor as normal. I was able to do a few tests on the top end and I found this.
https://youtube.com/shorts/haJhKZRqVp4?feature=share
I'm pretty sure it's the front head gasket blowing between the 2 heads.
I never saw a change in oil pressure. My thermostat doesn't always work but I check my fluids often. The radiator always has the same antifreeze green.
The motor of my m35a2 has developed a load hard knock. I have done about a week of testing to narrow down what could be the cause of the problem. I was able to drive the truck over an hour to get it home without the noise increasing in volume or rhythm. The knock is only once every four strokes...
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