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Re: [TR] a new clunking noise

To: jimmuller@rcn.com
Subject: Re: [TR] a new clunking noise
From: Donald Tennant <dtennant@shaw.ca>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:15:39 -0700
Jim Muller wrote:
> Just when I thought it was safe to put the wrenches away...
>
> My Spitfire has a new sound.  When I turn a corner at anything more 
> than walking speed I hear a clunk clunk clunk, maybe 3 to 5 clunks 
> right behind me which sound like something bouncing across a metallic 
> floor or swinging against a metallic wall.  Except there isn't 
> anything to swing or bounce, nothing loose underneath nor under the 
> spare tire.
>
> I fully expect one or more of you to say it is something come loose 
> in the gas tank.  So what would it likely be?  A filter perhaps?  Is 
> it serious?
>
> I don't relish the idea of pulling the tank, or even just pulling a 
> cover off.
>
> Tanks in advance,
>
> Jim Muller
> jimmuller@rcn.com
>
>
>
>   
Have you checked your drive shaft U joints?
D. Tennant
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