mightysonofa
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- May 1, 2011
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- Location
- Indiana
- Vehicle Year
- 1984
- Vehicle
- ford
- Engine Size
- 2.8
I have a 83 bronco II with the stock 2.8 and a 4 speed man trans it is 4x4 I have has this about 3 years and its been a very good little vehicle I did the dura spark swap and new carb new drive shaft new coil over shocks new exhaust other than that every thing is stock ,all the time ive had this truck the lifters have been a little loud but nothing abnormal and I always change the oil every 3 months I have always used synthetic oil because it does at times when at idle smoke a tiny bit but not very often it has 127k on it I have been towing a small trailer with my lawn mower with it for the past year and a half, the most it could be is maybe 700 lbs with the trailer ,now my bronco II is making a strange sound , it sounds like really loose lifters at take off and when it first starts. you don't hear it at idle ,or if you rev the engine. it don't change if your holding the clutch down or not but I have noticed that it only makes the noise when accelerating in forward gears if I put it in reverse and gas it hard it will just burn the tires off but no noise soon as I take off in first gear the noise is bad sounds just like lifters but it sounds lower under the vehicle or maybe it just sounds this way from inside the truck ,it is not running any different at all no lag no misfires nothing ,it almost sounds like the starter is rubbing the flywheel or something ,.. any ideas?