I figured out what the rattle was.... The hood prop rod popped out of the
rubber clip. The sound appeared to come from behind me, but I put the rod
back and the sound is gone. I like free and easy solutions.
Overall the car ran great today, pushed it up to 75 again, the shake is not
that bad, but I will start looking for a place to balance the wheels.
I still need to address the heat issue, in today's 89 degree Houston heat,
the gauge was reading just over 190 again (of course may gauge could be
wrong). I learned the lesson not to wear sandals while driving or you will
get the hot foot.
Also, I am still looking for the license tag brackets to replace the ones I
lost.
Thanks
Patton
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Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX
'57 A-H 100-Six - http://Austin-Healeys.com
Please see my parts wanted list at the site...
-----Original Message-----
From: Patton Dickson [mailto:kpdii@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 2:05 PM
To: 'Healeys@autox.team.net'
Subject: Rattle when I lift off the gas?
It shook off my rear tag and bracket :(. Also, it developed a rattle sound
when I let off of the gas. If the clutch is depressed it goes away. Does
that point to anything? I could easily have been something in the boot or
the exhaust, but going away when the clutch was in seemed "significant"
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