[Shotimes] This damn rattle's driving me nuts!

Arjun Khosla shojun@mtrs.org
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:08:29 -0700


Hi all,

For the past few months, I've had a bit of a rattle coming from the rear 
passenger-side door, seeming to originate from just behind the door 
latch.  It's more of a tappity-tap-tap-tap kind of a rapping sound, but 
I'm hoping that possibly somebody here might've had their first gen SHO 
start rattling around the same area, and possibly might've found a 
solution, and be willing to share it...

So far I've pulled my backseat out (surprisingly easy, except that I've 
got to find a place to store it until I've solved the rattle), adjusted 
the door hinges, pulled out some interior plastic molding around the 
rear-corner window, and I've pushed and smacked just about anything I 
can access from inside the trunk and up on the package tray.

All to no avail.  At least, nothing's helped with the rattle-- the car 
does look better having both passenger-side doors aligned the same, though.

I'm continuing to search for things that might rattle, but really, I'm 
at a loss.

Argh!  Stupid car!  Can't abandon her quite yet-- today my boss was 
trying to convince me to buy an older Jaguar, or a newer Mustang SVT... 
 Tempting...  Stupid rattle!  Maybe I'll look into buying a newer SHO, 
maybe a gen 3 with the V8... ooooohhhh....

Regards,
    -Arjun
    89 SHO