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she sounds great!!! but, in my humble and not-so-mechanical-savvy opinion, that sounds like the fan shroud to me. mine was making a similar rattling noise when it was loose. so Lori, you gonna join the typ3kultur? --- Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > Checked out Lori's '71 AT Squareback in S.F. today. > First > off, we installed the new spark plugs. The metal > insert on the #1 > plug wire receptacle stayed behind on the plug when > the wire was > removed. Dang plug wires look pretty original, > afaik... hard and > brittle, VW part numbers on the elbows at the cap. > Red rubber boots > (so *that's* how they install!) on two or three of > the wires' plug > ends. > > We managed to stick that #1 receptacle assembly > back > together; seems to be ok at the moment. I'm > thinking that new plug > wires would be a good idea. I guess that the cap > ends should be > retained? What's wrong with the Bosch 90deg elbows > at the cap? > > Found that the manifold pressure sensor hose was > disconnected > from the manifold... we may have knocked it off > while working on the > plugs, or maybe it was the cause of the poor > running. In any case, > after the plug swap and reconnection of the pressure > sensor hose, it > seemed to run fine. > > Meanwhile, there's quite a rattle in the rear. > Generator/fan > housing area, probably left of center. Seems to not > be exhaust or > muffler. It increases in frequency with rpms, but > only occurs at low > rpms. Here, like this: > > http://vwtype3.org/engine_noise.avi > > Fan shroud screw? Or, what do bad generator > bearings sound like? > Any other ideas? > > Jim -- I forgot to check charging system voltage. > > -Greg > > p.s. -- The Baroness has a perfect cloth engine lid > strap w/ metal hook. D'oh! > > p.p.s. -- I was excited by seeing *three* M-codes on > the pulley > housing, but they were just FI, AT, and charcoal > filter. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | > mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com