Builds An Accidental Frame Off..................

[rkymtnflyfisher]

Most people here on mud probably know that I'm a stickler for knocks, rattles, clunks, and any other noises that are annoying in my 40. For the last couple of years I've had an annoying knock, a very light hollow knock is about the best description, from somewhere around the driver knee area, sometimes it sounded like it was at my feet, sometimes it sounded like it was behind the dash. Usually always at idle or low rpms.

I've done all kinds of crazy things to identify the source of the sound.

The hood hinges? I put some rubber pad under the hood side to eliminate any play. No dice.

The edge of the hood vibrating against the front apron? Some edge guard rubber along the apron. No dice.

After months, if not years of trying to pinpoint the source of that annoying sound, I may have lucked out.

Today I spent some time digging around under the hood, and under the dash.
Two possible things came to light, one was part of the wiring harness right behind the fuse block "may" have been vibrating against the body.

The second suspect, which I believe to be the one, was the speedo cable, and the parking brake cable, ever so lightly vibrating against each other and resonating through the firewall.


Some zip ties on both possible culprits and some test driving, and it seems like the sound is gone.


Now it's time to get busy livin.

Turns out this problem isn't solved either.

 

[MatthewMcD]

Turns out this problem isn't solved either.

I am working on squeaks and rattles too. I am considering the Energy Suspension parts before I go to crazy. My inspections have discovered a lot of rot on the body mounts.

My tailgate rattles too. I have to lay down the weather stripping to quiet that down.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

On the way to work this morning a nice sized whitetail buck decided he wanted to play chicken. He nailed my drivers side rear at a good speed, I was probably only at about 55mph at the moment.

Last I saw him he was tear assin' across a hay field behind me.

 

[rkymtnflyfisher]

It was a draw.

 

[clrussell]

Can’t have nuthin nice

 

[charliemeyer007]

Deer whistles work/help. I did catch a big owl at o dark 30 and 25 mph - it struck the biggest mouse it had ever seen - broke its little neck.

 

[pb4ugo]

Deer whistles work/help. I did catch a big owl at o dark 30 and 25 mph - it struck the biggest mouse it had ever seen - broke its little neck.

There are vehicles in the junk yard with deer whistles on them.

 

[Chungas Revenge]

It was a draw.

That time of year Amigo. Watching a basket “6” in the backyard as I type.

At least it wasn’t a 6X Elk careening down the side of your LC. Or, or or a 250+ spandex clad parking lot Cankledon playing shopping cart derby at the Piggly-Wiggly…

 

[rlong]

F’n Kamikaze deer..

 

[charliemeyer007]

I subscribe to the placebo theory 50% of the time it works if you think it will - deer whistles are cheap if they work or not.
At the wrecking yard anything you can fit in your pockets is free for the price of entry.