[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] RE: Silence is golden...
Dave Head wrote: >Low and behold, ye old rattle was a loose upper alternator attatchment bolt >- - allowed the alternator to move around when cold enough to rattle like a >sumbitch. When the aluminum parts got warm enough from the manifold and >turbo, it would expand just enough to quiet down... > >Enjoying the silence... > I had the same thing happen to me, but I didn't catch it until it was too late -- that little ear with the bolt-hole snapped off. No way to fix that. Time to buy a new (rebuilt) alternator. Since then, I've had a habit of checking those bolts from time to time. An ounce of prevention... Bob Davis SEG Network Technologies, Inc. bob@segNET.com Suite 206/208, The Nugget Building V: 603.643.5883 Hanover, NH 03755 USA F: 603.643.9854 http://www.segNET.com
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