Chuck,
just park the thing until you get a little older and loose some of your
hearing!
The whistle is young girls on the sidewalk as they see you zip by...
Ulix
On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, chuckc wrote:
> Yup. Thanks, Ulix. The two rubber "feet" that come from the
> underside of the leading edge of the hood, are adjustable.
>
> Just moving them down a couple turns got rid of 80% of my
> spurious noises. Thaanks again!
>
> BTW, there are no lock nuts on those adjusting threads.
> Are they likely to vibrate back? Maybe some locktite?
>
> BTW, BTW ... now another strange noise becomes audible.
> Around 60-70mph, a high-pitched whistle. I tried moving my
> hand around the edges of the windscreen, wing windows,
> visors, etc, with no apparent changes. Ideas?
>
> chuck
>
> Ulix Goettsch wrote:
> >
> > Chuck,
> >
> > yes, that's what I was talking about. Are the front rubbers adjustable?
> >
> > Ulix
> >
> > On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, chuckc wrote:
> >
> > > Ulix,
> > >
> > > There is one squar-ish rubber block on each side.
> > > Is that all there should be?
> > >
> > > chuck
> > >
> > > Ulix Goettsch wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Chuck,
> > > > I can't remember right now, but aren't the rubber stops adjustable in
> > > > height? Do you have the rubber blocks at the side of the hood?
> > > > Ulix
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 12 Feb 1999, chuckc wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > OK Gang,
> > > > >
> > > > > I got all the expensive noises sorted out and
> > > > > fixed. Now I'm hearing the little ones.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone suggest a realistic solution to a
> > > > > noisy bonnet - er, hood? It seems to bang around
> > > > > a lot, probably on the fender - er, wing- supporting
> > > > > edges. There are small rubber (?) bumper blocks
> > > > > (1 on each side) but they don't seem to do much.
> > > > > When I hit bumps or rough pavement, the hood kinda
> > > > > clangs around noissily. Not nice.
> > > > >
> > > > > OTOH -- I can't believe the great top-down weather in
> > > > > February. I'm getting spoiled!
> > > > >
> > > > > chuck
> > > > >
> > > >
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