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ok i found out what it was lol this is the
stupidest thing i have 5 rung krager wheels on the car, was on it when i got it
so im not bitching, well yesterday i got to looking at the car trying to figure
out wtf the knocking sound was, well dad said somthing the night before about
the cap on center of the wheel being loose, well i didnt feel like taking the
wheel off so i pulled a redneck stunt lol (yes i am redneck) took some packaging
tape and taped up that cap and drove bout 3 miles and not a sound cept for when
i started to go somthing knockes under hood the first time taking off unless the
engine is warm, but thats to be expected with a 30 year old car lol anyway
thanks for the help fellas
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:19
PM
Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] weird
noise
I would highly suggest to inspeact your tires first, tires
nowadays seem to
have dead spots. I just bought four new Discount Tires
and on the sides of
them you can see indentations like they were sitting
on a rack since 1990.
Something else you might want to quickly check is
the lug nuts. The reason
why is recently I took a car to Mike's Muffler
Shop here, have given them a
lto of business since the 90s. These
dumbasses didn't tighten up the lugs on
my 72 Ambassador SST wagon, and
driving home (and thank God I went back
streets, not I-10 in front of
store) I heard this thump thump thump. I got a
mile home and almost right
in front of my house, the rear driver side tire
fell off, and under the
car. I was livid and called them and they sent a
gopher to jack it up, and
put it back on, my car was in the middle of the
road for about 15 minutes.
I never went back either to Mikes Muffler Shop.
But both of those are
two easy things you can check. Another would be to
take the car to a big
parking lot like mall or church with no people, and go
in circles, brake,
turn, accelerate, and keep ears tuned.
I have not really followed this
thread so just speculating. Something else
could be a big nail, or
possibly the tire has been plugged at some time in
it's life, those damned
plugs will make a thump noise until they wear down.
Another thing is
possibly a brake part like spring gave way.
Eddie Stakes'
Planet Houston
AMX
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com
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