well, yesterday my little tracker spun whatever bearing was makin my tickin noise, and it turned from a little tick to a BIG TICK....can hear it over exhaust....so i had to take her off the road, untill i can find me another 16v to stuff in there....not too bad, thou....i bought the tracker for $250 in september, and beat the snot out of her till yesterday (4-27)....i was really bummed because today....(4-28) there was a mudbog in the area i was planning on attending....but if anyone in michigan reads this.....GOTTA 16V MOTOR??

also....what year 16v motor will fit in my 95 2 door 3speed auto soft top??

any info would be great....i've yet to rip into her because im getting the saturn sc2 *turbo* 1.9ltrs of pure adrenaline back on the road...had her ripped down to paint everything under the hood to add to the ricer bling....but im just imagineing what happened to the motor.....she still runs great, thou...no power loss.....ideas??

I paid 400 for my 96 tracker and have put 45,000 miles on it.  Where is the mud bog at in Michigan?

This could be a real long shot but I had a montero that had the pulley on the crankshaft come loose and strip out the keyway. It ran fine but was loud. Made a banging like you're describing.

Have you looked under the hood to see if anything is wobbling around under the hood?

-Adam

You might be able to find a used mill cheap at the salvage yard(most of the "U-Pull-It" places here in Colorado sell mostly complete 4-bangers for like $80). If not, you can get a rebuilt longblock pretty cheap from lots of places, or just a short block if your head is ok.

   I just bought 1991 Sidekick JLX with 1338 certified miles,power everything,air,etc. and new BFG tires for $2100.
  It is my first Suzuki,and I love it!!

Rocky-road offers a rebuild kit for like $370 and you could take the block to a machine shop and get it bored or honed whatever it needs and all the new bearings put in. The engine rebuild would be a good learning experience and plus you could say that YOU rebuilt the engine. here is the link for the rock-road engine rebiuld kit.


http://www.rocky-road.com/kickengine.html