ringing car...solved!

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From: Dave Hsu
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1986 23:13

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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
<disclaimer>	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.

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From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: ringing car...solved!
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 18:13:17 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 11 18:13:17 1986
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Organization: Imperial Widget Research Center, Kingdom of Maryland
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Keywords: vestigial trinkets