[Spridgets] ting ting ting

Randy Alkins r.alkins001 at comcast.net
Fri May 23 20:15:57 MDT 2014


Motor mount loose or broken allow fan to hit shoud?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hal Faulkner" <frog.aye at gmail.com>
Cc: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] ting ting ting


> Bill, do you have any idea where in the car it is coming from?  Does it
> happen in neutral?  Is there a wire that could be getting hit by the fan,
> or....?
>
>
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Bill L <pythias at pacifier.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Spridgets,
>>
>>          The last time I drove the red thing, as I let out the clutch,
>>          in gear,
>>          i heard a ting ting ting etc..
>>          It sounds just like a fan blade hitting the radiator.
>>          It' engine speed related, not speed related.
>>          It happens in the first three gears at least, then it may be
>>          too loud in the car for me to hear it. ..
>>
>>          I thought maybe the starter as loose and the ring gear was
>>          tinging that.. nope .. that's not it...
>>
>>          It doesn't happen in neutral...
>>
>>          It seemed to go away at higher engine speeds, but it may be
>>          that it is just too high a frequency by then for me to hear..
>>
>>          Doesn't seem to be a problem in 4th or 5th on the freeway...
>>          .
>>
>>          Ideas? .. I'm hoping not to have to pull the engine.. If I
>>          do, that happens after the driving season...
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>  Bill L.                          mailto:pythias at pacifier.com
>>
>>  '66 Sprite MKIII HAN8L49403  "the red thing"
>>
>>    My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second 
>> opinion.
>> He said okay, you re ugly too.
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