Just wanted to let you know-I've been getting Ken C's messages that were posted
to the list.
Laura G.
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>From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
>Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:57:47 -0700
>To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Fw: Help
>
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>Forwarded for Ken C!
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ken C <sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net>
>To: Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com>
>Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 9:12 PM
>Subject: Help
>
>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> Could you forward to the elist ? I musta been a bad boy, none of my
>messages
>> are getting there.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ken C
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok, fellow Spitlisters, here's your chance to shine !! Whoever correctly
>> diagnoses this problem will win an all expenses paid trip around the world
>> and the winning lotto ticket to the California lottery, currently at $70
>> million, OR, my heartfelt thanks !!
>>
>> We've heard about this before, a loud 'tick, tick, tick', coming from the
>> rear end. Varies with speed and is present all the time, load, no load,
>> accel, decel, steady speed, clutch in or out. Put the car up on stands,
>run
>> the engine in any gear, no noise at all. So the noise is present only with
>> weight on the wheels / suspension.
>>
>> The following has been done;
>>
>> new universals
>> new wheel bearings (and one axle)
>> rebuilt differential
>> tires rotated (bolt-on wire wheels)
>> new spring
>> new shocks
>>
>> (some of this was done as part of the restoration/rebuilding process)
>>
>> I have looked for interference with the brake plate, can't see anything
>but
>> not sure what to look for. Checked the wheel nuts after hearing about
>Jeff's
>> experience, they seem tight.
>>
>> At this point, ANY suggestion will be investigated, no matter how weird.
>> I've been fighting this since May and it's no longer "a learning
>> experience". The best suggestion so far is find a good mechanic. If you
>know
>> of one in the San Diego area, let me know.
>>
>> Ken C
>> '72 Spit
>>
>>
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