I would start by taking everything out of the trunk including the jack and
spare and see if the noise is still there. If it is, that will quickly
eliminate the extra stuff and let you concentrate on the fixed items.
You might also want to feel down in the depths of the rear fenders and see
if there isn't something down in one of them that is rolling around. That
would be something easyy to fix.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: <s1500@comcast.net>
To: "Spitfires" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 8:53 AM
Subject: Determining rear end rattle?
> Driving the Spit lately has been going very well. No breakdowns, no major
gas consumption, none of that.
>
> But what's cheesing me off is the rattle I can't seem to get rid of. I've
cured the other rattles on the car, which makes the rear one that much more
noticeable.
>
> The rattle sounds like metal on metal(but no clanging or anything like
that), and much more noticeable with the top up(okay, that one's obvious).
A few weekends ago, I removed the rear cockpit panel, and tightened up the
fuel tank mounting bolts. No effect. What I didn't check(and it will be
tough) is the vapor separator tank. Would that be big enough to cause some
rattles? If so, I guess I could wrap up the clamp in tape.
>
> But what else could be doing it? It doesn't seem drivetrain related. The
rear bumper's on fine, spare tire's bolted down, trunk latch secure, the
exhaust mounting bolts seem fine, etc. I even took out my big plastic
toolbox that's wedged between the rear cockpit panel & turn signal, but no
dice. I think I might transfer my tools & spare parts to cardboard boxes &
distribute them evenly.
>
> One by one I'm gonna narrow it down.
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