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Re: noise

To: soavero@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: noise
From: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 15:15:30 GMT
Cc: spridgets@autox.team.net
Reply-to: "Andy Webster" <trunkie@hotmail.com>
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Ron
Nope....electric.
Do you know if I was right about the pinging?..i.e. only happens under load?
Its an 'irregular' rattle...tick.....ticktick..tick.......tick.tick
Andy

>From: Ron Soave <soavero@yahoo.com>
>To: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: noise
>Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 06:42:42 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Andy,
>  I had a similar noise that was my tachometer gearbox
>off the back of the generator rattling around.  The
>housing had cracked and only making noise at idle or
>if I backed off the throttle.  Do you have a
>mechanical tach?
>
>
>--- Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone but me get an annoying rattly noise when
> > they back off the
> > accelerator?
> > I've had 3 engines now and the noise has persisted.
> > It sounds what you would expect,say the thin metal
> > vac-advance tube rattling
> > against the radiator shroud to sound like.
> > It only happens when I let the power off.
> > Pinging should happen under acceleration yeah? (not
> > sure of this as I still
> > havent learned exactly what knocking sounds like)
> > I'm starting to think it's not even engine related
> > as its happened with
> > every motor.
> > It definitely comes from forward of the cockpit
> > Suggestions anybody?
> > Andy
> >
> >
>
>
>=====
>Ron Soave
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