Just bought my deuce, sounds like ticking am I paranoid

Just drove my new duce home and on the drive after a while I can here a faint ticking, I'm hoping it's not the engine but it sounds like lite knocking when costing or letting off the gas at higher speeds, basically just wondering if there is anything else that can sound like this thanks

You are going to have a million issues to troubleshoot, research, and then fix. These are not new cars

First thing is you have to become familar with the vehicle so you know what is normal and what is not.

I would recommend first checking all fluids, grease everything and perform all maintenance. You have started on a long an lifetime journey. Get ready and dont panic.

They make a lot of noises that take a while to get used to what is normal and what isn’t. Are you wearing hearing protection? That is a must and also makes things sound totally different.

Do you have good oil pressure?

Look at your hood hinges at idle. They tend to get loose and bounce like crazy. Then running down the highway they look still and sometimes will start popping around at a specific to your truck speed.

Air compressor belt is something else that will sound like knocking if it is loose at certain rpms with the compressor pumping. Other times when the compressor isn’t pumping but still turning there will be no noise at all.

Try and wiggle your fan front to back. If you get movement, then the water pump could be knocking around on you.

What about your rear axle dog bones? I had one break on my Gasser M35 one night. Knocking, thumping and just chaos I couldn’t figure out until a car got behind me and I saw smoke in the mirror.

I just tried writing some of the things I have experienced.

Barrman said:

They make a lot of noises that take a while to get used to what is normal and what isn’t. Are you wearing hearing protection? That is a must and also makes things sound totally different.

Do you have good oil pressure?

Look at your hood hinges at idle. They tend to get loose and bounce like crazy. Then running down the highway they look still and sometimes will start popping around at a specific to your truck speed.

Air compressor belt is something else that will sound like knocking if it is loose at certain rpms with the compressor pumping. Other times when the compressor isn’t pumping but still turning there will be no noise at all.

Try and wiggle your fan front to back. If you get movement, then the water pump could be knocking around on you.

What about your rear axle dog bones? I had one break on my Gasser M35 one night. Knocking, thumping and just chaos I couldn’t figure out until a car got behi

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Thanks for the info,I did check dog bones before I left they seemed alright also the sound is definitely coming from the engine compartment and is in frequency with the rpm, I also tightened the belt before we set out but I will definitely re check that and the hinges,oil level and pressure was good so I'm hopeful that's at least a sign that it's not what I thought it was, definitely have a bit of work to do and learn.

swiss said:

You are going to have a million issues to troubleshoot, research, and then fix. These are not new cars

First thing is you have to become familar with the vehicle so you know what is normal and what is not.

I would recommend first checking all fluids, grease everything and perform all maintenance. You have started on a long an lifetime journey. Get ready and dont panic.

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Thanks for the advice,I definitely have quite the learning curve ahead,I have a buddy who's a diesel mechanic that's going to be in town I'm going to wait to see what his take is on it before I do something major,fr now just fix things.

Valve tappets can make a ticking sound in step with RPMs.

A bit loose valve is loads better than one too tight.

It is a full afternoon job to set them, but good training and worth it.

I haven't seen the exhaust manifold listed here yet, that'll definitely make a tick in step with the rpms if it's leaking.

oreo9688 said:

Just drove my new duce home and on the drive after a while I can here a faint ticking, I'm hoping it's not the engine but it sounds like lite knocking when costing or letting off the gas at higher speeds, basically just wondering if there is anything else that can sound like this thanks

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Are you sure the ticking sound is from the engine and not from the transmission? Do you hear the ticking while the engine is running, but the truck is stopped? I recovered an M35A2 from Fort Indiantown Gap, PA to North Georgia, years ago. The whole way home I heard a distinct ticking while in 5th gear, especially when letting off the accelerator or going downhill at high speed. After arriving home and only a short while later, my transmission disintegrated while driving. The transmission was full of scrap metal. A takeout transmission from Tony Wright was required. No more ticking. These trucks make a lot of strange noises. It will take time to know what is normal and what is not.

G744 said:

Valve tappets can make a ticking sound in step with RPMs.

A bit loose valve is loads better than one too tight.

It is a full afternoon job to set them, but good training and worth it.

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Thanks for the tip,I was looking in to it more today definitely a sound from the engine around cylinder 4 and at higher rpm cylinder one, I'm going to have a buddy who worked on Diesels a lot more then I have take a listen and see what he thinks,I hope your right and it's not something worse