I've had a couple of collapsed engine mounts. One was "brand new" from
dealer when i installed the factory crate engine in a 115. I spent weeks
looking for that rattling noise till I finally looked at the "new" mount! It
is the sound of metal hammering on metal - either at idle, or under
acceleration, depending on which side broke.

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:18 AM, John Robbins <je...@msstate.edu> wrote:

> Peter Frederick wrote:
>
>> Check the frame bushings on the rear anti-sway bar too -- when they
>> get old, hard, and shrink, the bar rattles in them.
>>
>
> I can attest to this as well!  If they get really bad it almost sounds
> like metal on metal rattling.
>
> John


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