Sounds like the muffler bearing going out ;-)
At this exact moment in time: 1/26/02 3:28 PM, "mgraziano@mindspring.com"
<mgraziano@mindspring.com> made the profound revelation:
> All,
> 
> I'm working on occasional lister John Gottstein's '75 1500.  He has a strange
> rattle coming from the rear of his engine.  I checked the valve clearances
> (ok), compression (ok), and anything else that could be rattling.  THe last
> thing I can think of is that his thrust washer fell.  It's possible.  It would
> explain the chatter he gets when starting from a stop.  Anyway,  I'm off to
> pick up a dial indicator (if I can get one), but John misplaced his 1500 book
> and mine's still in a box at the house somewhere.  Anyway,  if someone has a
> Bentley or a Haynes 1500 book and can offer assistance, that would be great.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike
> 
-- 
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
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Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia, PA 19104
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