Matt Goike <goikem@state.mi.us> writes:
>hi, its me again with the chirping van.  i investigated many of the
>possibilities suggested by various listmembers, and everything on the
>outside seems ok (spark plugs tight, no trash in fan, not
>alternator/belt/muffler).  i ran a compression test, and the results were
>(in order) 90, 104, 125,124.  the first two retested wet went up to 114
>and 120.  so it's probably not the valves, right?  another thing i did is
>remove plug wires (only one at a time) and rev the engine to try to
>duplicate the chirp.  when i removed plug wire #2, the chirping almost
>completely went away.  head gasket leak?  i didn't retorque the heads
>(as was recommended last fall before storage) because i wanted to ask
>for advice on this first.  is there anything further that can be done
>without pulling the engine?
Maybe an intake or exhaust leak on #2?  Just trying to think of things that
wouldn't require a rebuild...

Pat Walsh, '71 Westy, walshp@ippdsgi3.nawc-ad-indy.navy.mil