At 11:10 PM 10/26/95 -0700, you wrote:
The exhaust flange gaskets that go on the head pipe(the portion just off the
header where two pipes turn into one) like to burn out leaving the pipes
kind of hanging from there bolts. This can creates some extra(?) exhaust
noise and a very convincing rattle.
>Have you checked whether the exhaust is banging against something in the
>tunnel? Could be an exhaust hanger has given up the ghost. Highly unusual
>for B suspension to be rattling (though the '71 B-GT I mentioned in an
>earlier post had a loose rear shock connector straight from the factory
>when I picked it up at Downton).
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>On Thu, 26 Oct 1995, Ira M. Weinstein wrote:
>> Whenever I hit a bump in my '77B, I hear metal rattling. Some of the
>[snip]
>> Now the question - is this normal for an 18 yr old B ? If not,
>[snip]
>
>
Edward B. (Ted) Weiler, TWeiler@Eskimo.com, www.eskimo.com/~tweiler
Director, Volunteers NorthWest, vnw@aol.com,www.eskimo.com~tweiler/vnw.html
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