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  • Gary R.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • April 1, 1989
    • 1796

    #16
    Re: What To Do With A 72

    I dunno, sounds like a real nice car, I would keep it and drive it.

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    • Dan A.
      Very Frequent User
      • February 1, 2004
      • 212

      #17
      Re: What To Do With A 72

      Duke,

      I am fairly certain it is bearing noise. I have a cold starting regimen that mostly eliminates it. I turn the engine over for 5-10 seconds before I set the choke. A few cranks later and it starts with no noise. If I set the choke before turning it over and the engine starts right away it makes the noise for a second or two . If the motor is warm and it has been sitting for 15 minutes or so and starts immediately upon cranking it will also make the noise. It is definitely coming from inside of the engine. Thanks again for all of the replies - I guess I'm going to quit worrying about it.

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      • Patrick H.
        Beyond Control Poster
        • December 1, 1989
        • 11608

        #18
        Re: What To Do With A 72

        The 15 minute sit with a warm engine doesn't sound to me like a bearing.

        FYI, I had a friend who swore the same thing on his truck. When he pulled the motor for a rebuild he found it was a cracked flexplate for the automatic transmission which was making the noise.
        Just an FYI that sometimes we think one thing when it's really something different.
        So, with such low mileage I wouldn't be so ready to chalk it up to a bearing.

        Patrick
        Vice-Chairman (West), Michigan Chapter NCRS
        71 "deer modified" coupe
        72 5-Star Bowtie / Duntov coupe. https://www.flickr.com/photos/124695...57649252735124
        2008 coupe
        Available stickers: Engine suffix code, exhaust tips & mufflers, shocks, AIR diverter valve broadcast code.

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