Hey guys,

I just got myself a 95' 6.5TD truck with 186,000 miles which does not currently run. Previous owner told me that it was running before and it developed a noise in the driver side valve cover area...he described it like its kinda something hitting the top of the valve cover or something like that. He said that once that started, he pretty much parked the truck and it has sat for about 6 months. I have not tried cranking it as the batteries were pretty much dead.

I have not had the chance to take a closer look and start diagnosing it. I was hoping that I could get some guidance on what to check and look for with these engines/trucks since this is actually my first diesel truck.

I've read from here that there's a plastic retainer or whatever it was called that usually breaks and could cause the noise.

I would like to get this truck back up and working and put it to back to work

Thanks in advance guys.

BG