OVERKILL
$100 Site Donor 2021
The tick was usually the air injection plumbing leaking because it readily rotted off the exhaust manifold.Something worth mentioning is the TYPE of MILES put on this truck to get it that far.
311,000 Miles in only 12 years is 25,916.6666667 Miles per Year! It stayed warmed up & traveled often. It would be hard to put that many miles on a truck with just "In town" driving. So, I'm sure it experienced plenty of highway journeys & as you may already know that is some of the easiest miles.
The 300 was a massive inline 6 for a truck application so it's design worked well.
I've owned a few of these & they were great other than the completely annoying "Tick" they had from the engine.