1989 chevy s10

Good evening S10 lovers. So I have this annoying ticking noise almost coming from my steering column or from behind the buttons used to enable/disable the headlights. It seems to get more annoying when I shake the steering wheel slightly left and right fast. It does not affect driving at all...

So I have an 88 4x4 4.3 TBI and an 89 2x4 4.3 TBI. I like the body of the 4x4 (extended cab crazy clean interior, motor and trans frankanstien togather) but the 2x4 runs like new (single cab long bed motor and trans fresh rebuild) can I take the motor and trans out of the 2x4 and throw it in the...