Re: Rattles rattles, creeks, driving me nutso
Looks like a great opportunity to tell about my mysterious rattle adventure.
One day I noticed a rattle, like something rolling around in the top vent area in the dash just below the windshield. I figured that from the sound of it that maybe a coin or nut/bolt may have fallen into the defrost vent and was sliding around.
I removed the defrost vent plastic thingy and dropped a magnet down there and drove around hoping to fish out the offending object. No dice. Did the drive to Crossfires Across America meet with the dang thing rattling the whole way. We’re talking months of dealing with the noise. I was even wondering how I would ever be able to sell the car (like that would ever happen!) with such a bad rattle.
Any hoo. Weather starts getting to where it time to break out the roadster (forgot to mention this occurred on the roadster not the coupe). So I'm driving on the weekends, top down of course (always) and the rattle is of course still there. Weather is nice in the afternoon but it was still cold in the morning. So one day I decide to drive to work (morning) and since it's cold I actually drive the car with the top up.
Whoa! The rattle is actually coming from the upper windshield frame where the top latches into. So I drive to work and when I leave for the day (afternoon, warm) I put the top down, inserted my magnet, did a left and then a right turn of the steering wheel and CLICK I got it!
5/16th 1/4" socket had dropped into the hole at the top of the window frame. All of that aggravation and pain just because of that!
Boy do I feel better now that it's fixed.
Thanks for listening. Now I feel even better since I shared that LOL!