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Re: What's Whistling?

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Subject: Re: What's Whistling?
From: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 23:53:08 -0400 (EDT)
Time for tea!  Hey, it's a British car for gosh sakes!

JOe

Rick Murray wrote:
>
> My 75 TR6 makes a very noticeable (and irritating) whistling noise at 2500
> rpm plus/minus 50 rpm. It's been doing this for about a year, and I
thought
> I would eventually figure out what was doing it -- no luck.  It makes the
> noise whether the car is moving or sitting still, but it seems to be most
> noticeable from inside the car, top down, and going down the road. 
Opening
> the bonnet and revving up to 2500 rpm while sitting in the driveway really
> doesn't help.  In fact it's not nearly so easy to hear that way.  Also, I
> can barely hear it sometimes around 1250 rpm, but not nearly as pronounced
> as it is at 2500 rpm.
>
> I replaced the alternator with a Lucas replacement just before the
whistling
> started, and I thought that maybe that was where the whistling was coming
> from, but I really haven't been able to determine one way or the other if
> the new alternator is the source.  Anyway, if anybody out there has had a
> similar experience or any suggestions, I'd appreciate your comments.  I'm
> getting tired of dancing around 2500 rpm just so I won't hear the
whistling.
>
> Rick Murray
> Lilburn,GA

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