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

[Clayton Baisch]

Hi Arjun
I had a similar problem on my '89, a rattle I and passengers swore was from 
the right rear door area. It turned out to be a bad rear sway bar end link.

Clayton


>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:08:29 -0700
>From: Arjun Khosla <shojun@mtrs.org>
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] This damn rattle's driving me nuts!
>
>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
>

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