Another favorite "quiet-it-down" trick was to pack a rear end,(or an oil pan) with the litle round cork gaskets from soft drink or beer bottle caps- - - - -hundreds of them! 3 cans of STP, some 90 weight gear oil, and trade that sucker in!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!