Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eneevax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!amd!pesnta!pyramid!ut-sally!seismo!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: ringing car...solved! Message-ID: <478@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 18:13:17 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.478 Posted: Sat Jan 11 18:13:17 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jan-86 08:18:36 EST Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Organization: Imperial Widget Research Center, Kingdom of Maryland Lines: 19 Keywords: vestigial trinkets Well, just in case you were wondering, I figured out what the ringing was coming from tonight. Background: '83 Thunderbird, V8, rings like an alarm-bell from 19 to 23 mph, and occasional other times. Answer: there was a pressed piece of metal used to hold the dipstick at a fixed distance from the engine. However, only about 1/3 of this piece is used for this purpose. The other 2/3'rds makes a bizarre bend just so it can sit about 1/8 inch away from the engine. And no, it serves no purpose, holds no wires, attaches nowhere; it hasn't even got a single hold drilled into it. But when climbing a hill, the engine twists ever so slightly to one side and....briiiiiiiiiing. thanks all, -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu CF522@UMDD.BITNET And then there were none.