- 1. Common rattles (score: 1)
- Author: "The Family Jefferson" <pnhnt@insight.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:27:41 -0400
- Hello all, I have a 1975 Spitfire 1500 which I bought in May. I am slowly bringing its material condition up to speed. However, I have a bunch of rattles through out the car. I have found some in and
- /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00072.html (7,080 bytes)
- 2. Re: Common rattles (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:27:15 -0700 (PDT)
- Over the years, I have gotten rid of most of my car's rattles, but there are still a couple I can't track down. There is no silver bullet; you just take the time to investigate them one after another
- /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00073.html (7,803 bytes)
- 3. Re: Common rattles (score: 1)
- Author: "craig davis" <craigsbaggy@bigpond.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:05:37 +1000
- Hello Howard I don't know if this holds true for the 1500 but, on the MKIII, the hinges should have a tubular spacer inside. this fits around the bolt. If it is the wrong diameter [too loose] or too
- /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00074.html (7,682 bytes)
- 4. Re: Common rattles (score: 1)
- Author: Spitfire <spitfire@macakin.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:50:02 -0700
- Yes - I had that type of looseness. The spacers were just not there anymore. So what I did was use a piece of old hose from the emissions canister, slice it longitudinally (sp?), stuffed it in the bo
- /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00075.html (7,592 bytes)
- 5. Re: Common rattles (score: 1)
- Author: sinclair@degenkolb.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:11:31 -0700
- This was the major source of my rattles. Also - cracks can develop in the bonnet sheet metal reinforcing at the front, in and around the wheel wells. Hard to spot unless you try flexing the bonnet sl
- /html/spitfires/2006-07/msg00079.html (7,616 bytes)
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