Engine ticking
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You only drive it a few miles a day, right? I would ignore the tick, hell just about every Rover out there has some kind of tick or rattle or tap or weird noise coming from somewhere.
Does it quiet down when you give it some gas? I would go ahead and drive it, you probably got years left on it. If you get carried away, you'll end up with a gigantic growing teardown on your hands with no guarantees there either. (Think Eric.)
If you are determined to do the engine, I would go ahead and price one done by those guys at D&D Fabrication. I remember looking at their site and they were impressive. See what they would send you a fresh one for.
Also make sure it is not an exhaust leak giving you the noise, like a y-pipe gasket or something simple before you go ripping engines apart. You're getting awfully brave jumping into that degree of effort.
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