Simple. Just ride on the hood (suggest duct tape ala Red Green)
while somebody drives you around the beltway.
There is a local radio guy who had himself taped to the back of a MTA
bus for a day as it drove around So you can do it too!
The noise is definitely coming from the front,
LOL.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Rick Knoble rickkno...@hotmail.comwrote:
So we removed that crossbar and the noise has now gone. Who
else made a similar diagnosis?
I had a similar problem. On my coupe, a PO installed an air deflector for
the sunroof, the smoked plastic kind
She's too cool to deserve that title!
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On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:22 PM, andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
Mystery solved.
My SWMBO nailed it. From the passenger seat she swore that the noise was
coming from above, such as the sunroof or roof rack. We checked,
Sweet! Did she take the jelly or the persimmons? And... did you make
her pay for shipping?
Glad you got it taken care of, I know how annoying random noises can
be - and doubly so to SWMBOs. :)
-Tim
was way, way off, but nonetheless has some delicious raspberry jam in the refrig
On Thu, Nov 17,
Disconnect speedo cable at transmission.
Manfred
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:38:16 -0500
From: andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com
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The entie cluster was disconnected - noise persisted.
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At speed, in neutral with engine shut down - noise persists.
On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 10:31 AM, MG trainpain2...@yahoo.com wrote:
Disconnect speedo cable at transmission.
Manfred
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The entie cluster was disconnected - noise persisted.
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On 17/11/2011 2:30 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
The noise is definitely coming from the front, and not from the cable,
which was disconnected from the speedometer and monitored during the test
drive. The noise is solely caused by wind/air, which makes it particularly
difficult to track down the
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The noise is definitely coming from the front, and not from the cable,
which was disconnected from the speedometer and monitored during
andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
At speed, in neutral with engine shut down - noise persists.
A bad speedo cable would still be making noise in that scenario, because if
still connected at the transmission end, it turns with the drive shaft.
Between the hood and the windshield
Mystery solved.
My SWMBO nailed it. From the passenger seat she swore that the noise was
coming from above, such as the sunroof or roof rack. We checked, and the
front roof rack crossbar was loose and rattling on one end, damaged where
the knurled bracket meets the long cross bar (probably
So we removed that crossbar and the noise has now gone. Who
else made a similar diagnosis?
I had a similar problem. On my coupe, a PO installed an air deflector for the
sunroof, the smoked plastic kind (offensive looking to me). Anytime I got over
75 or so it would thump against the roof,
On my 1983 300TD, there is an annoying metallic noise (very much like a
noisy speedometer) that is heard intermittently around 20 mph, then
continues at highway speeds 60.
The noise continues if you disconnect the gauges (plugging the oil filter
line) and shut the engine off while cruising. We
andrew strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com writes:
So whoever can solve this puzzler by telling me where this noise is coming
from and how to cure it wins a prize - hot pepper jelly or persimmons from
my backyard tree.
I was watching a Top Gear episode last night, Clarkson was racing May
and
Close, but no cigar. Noise is independent of the wipers.
Might be the front crossbar - discovered it was bent and about to
disintegrate. Removed, will test drive tomorrow.
andrew
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
andrew strasfogel
I've had both of your offerings but failed to solve any of your problems! BTW
might be back early December. Ready to get greasy?
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You took the wipers off?
-Curt
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:48:32 -0500
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On my 1983 300TD, there is an annoying metallic noise (very much like a
noisy speedometer) that is heard intermittently around 20 mph, then
continues at highway speeds 60.
Umm, noisy speedometer? Cable thereto?
-- Jim
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The entie cluster was disconnected - noise persisted.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
On my 1983 300TD, there is an annoying metallic noise (very much like a
noisy speedometer) that is heard intermittently around 20 mph, then
continues at highway
On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:38:16 -0500 andrew strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
The entie cluster was disconnected - noise persisted.
Was the far end of the cable still connected to the transmission?
If so, it's still turning.
Craig
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Jim Cathey
Bingo!
Wilton
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On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:38:16 -0500 andrew strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote:
The entie cluster
Reminds me of the days when we would sit on the fender, hood open on one side
(on late 30's Chrysler products, the hood opened on each side toward the
middle) and peer into the engine
compartment looking for the cause of a hard-to-identify noise or symptom, as
the driver drove slowly down the
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