Sorry But I Need Help With A 4.6 Ford Engine
My son has a real nice 1996 Mustang that was his High School senior project. He is very proud of it but needs some technique help. It is stroked out to a 303cid with a Ford Motor Sport Roots Type Supercharger and has 420 hp at the rear wheels.
The engine has roughly 1000 miles on it and it started tapping on what appears to be the left rear bank area. There is no lose of power and it is not smoking out of the exhaust and has no blow-by. It sounds like an old-school lifter tap to me but these engines are a lot different then our Mopar engines.
I have but many hours of time on the phone during the last few days with different Ford places and what up-sets me is my son and I are laid off and all they what is for us to bring the car to their shops at $65 to $85 an hour.
What I have learned so far is it could be a timing chain guide, a Roller Followers" (Rocker) or a Hydraulic Lash Adjusters" (Lifter). I was told there is a tool out there that lets you remove the Roller Followers and then take out the Hydraulic Lash Adjusters to inspect them with out having the remove the cam and cam cage creating other issues but no one seems to have one or tell me where I can purchase one.
We would be thankful for any help to diagnose this problem.
Thanks, KP
My son has a real nice 1996 Mustang that was his High School senior project. He is very proud of it but needs some technique help. It is stroked out to a 303cid with a Ford Motor Sport Roots Type Supercharger and has 420 hp at the rear wheels.
The engine has roughly 1000 miles on it and it started tapping on what appears to be the left rear bank area. There is no lose of power and it is not smoking out of the exhaust and has no blow-by. It sounds like an old-school lifter tap to me but these engines are a lot different then our Mopar engines.
I have but many hours of time on the phone during the last few days with different Ford places and what up-sets me is my son and I are laid off and all they what is for us to bring the car to their shops at $65 to $85 an hour.
What I have learned so far is it could be a timing chain guide, a Roller Followers" (Rocker) or a Hydraulic Lash Adjusters" (Lifter). I was told there is a tool out there that lets you remove the Roller Followers and then take out the Hydraulic Lash Adjusters to inspect them with out having the remove the cam and cam cage creating other issues but no one seems to have one or tell me where I can purchase one.
We would be thankful for any help to diagnose this problem.
Thanks, KP
