So, here's my noise
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From: Anywhere we stop
Hopefully that's true, that's WAY easier to deal with. Haven't been able to get to it yet, but before anything else I'll pull the tubes and see what I can find.
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Never took it out, just did a topend. Verified that oil is returning to the tank, and the oil light goes out immediately. Almost 100% sure that's not my problem..
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From: The Wasteland
5 heat soaks today and got the cylinders up to 225* with varying throttle for the last 2.
SHE'S NOISY!!
Will be checking pushrod adjustments tomorrow morning before I think about a ride.
So....what do you think?
https://youtube.com/shorts/K90S96LSIJI?feature=share
SHE'S NOISY!!
Will be checking pushrod adjustments tomorrow morning before I think about a ride.
So....what do you think?
https://youtube.com/shorts/K90S96LSIJI?feature=share
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From: Napoleon ND
Pull the two oil plugs and make sure you have oil there. The ones by the lifter block and oil pump. I got a replacement motor one time and I couldn’t get oil to the lifters. It was like it was air locked. sounded the same way. Wouldn’t come out of it till I did that.
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From: Anywhere we stop
It's always been hydraulic
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From: Pine Flat Dam/South Bay Area, CA
That was a Shovelhead thing. Evo's oil their top end through the pushrods as they don't have external oil lines to the rocker boxes like Shovels and '63-'65 Panheads. If one was to plug the tappet blocks on an Evo there would be no oil supply to the heads.
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Did you pull the screen out that filters the oil going to the top end? It might be plugged. The first time I serviced my shovel, I pulled that screen and it looked like there was a tampon in there. It's a way long shot, but I didn't see anybody else suggest it.
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