DOH!! I should have remembered that one from experience. Had those goofy wire hubcaps on a Chebby that did that. ![]()
Charles Burch <warlocke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 an d 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 yo u 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
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