[Spridgets] Clanging, banging, rattling in the transmission tunnel

[Robert Weeks]

I found what the problem was after spending about a half an hour with a 
mechanic's stethoscope listening inside the engine compartment and 
inside the cockpit I still couldn't pinpoint what the noise was or where 
it was coming from. Then after jacking up the car and crawling under it 
I found what was causing the noise. I must have left a stubby 7/8 wrench 
in the engine bay after working on the car the other day and it worked 
it's way down in between the transmission and the tunnel. Any vibrations 
from the engine were amplified by the wrench rattling around against the 
side of the tunnel.

Mystery solved. I had a hunch it was something dumb on my part that 
caused it and I'm glad I was right.

Robert




Robert Weeks wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> I'd say it sounds like some nuts and bolts rattling around in a coffee 
> can. No gnashing or crashing of gears and the sound seems the same 
> whether in gear or out of gear. The car seemed to drive o.k. but I 
> figured I'd be asking for trouble if I continued to drive it with that 
> sound.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robert
>
>
> chuck wrote:
>   
>> Hey Robert,
>>
>> Is it a solidly metallic clinking/clunking like heavy pieves of steel 
>> might
>> make, or is is more a tinny sound like something hitting the tunnel 
>> itself?
>> When in gear, any gear gnashing and crashing?
>>
>> chuck
>>
>> Robert Weeks wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Got into the Midget this morning and before I got to the end of the 
>>> driveway I heard a clanging / rattling sound coming from the 
>>> transmission tunnel. I got out of the car a popped the hood and 
>>> couldn't hear the noise over the sound of the engine but back in the 
>>> driver's seat I could hear it.
>>>       
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