Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:49
AM
Subject: Re: IML: Question
Seems like
we may share a similar problem! I will tell you what I have found and maybe it
will help you. I have a '70 LeBaron that I broke two motor mounts (damn lead
foot!) so I followed the advice of Car Craft magazine and fabricated a brace.
It worked amazingly well = ) All was fine till I replaced my
transmission mount (most of the rubber fell out). Instead of replacing
the entire mount (which was not in stock) I replaced the insert (saved me some
money and was in stock). Then I noticed several things at about the same time:
1) A noise that you described quite well but only when I make a hard
left (damn lead foot), 2) trans mount insert shifted out of the mount, 3)
Right behind the first u-joint my driveshaft is hitting the floorpan!!!!
Before I replaced the trans mount I never noticed the noise so it must be
that! I also noticed that my exhaust rattles on something when I am idling in
drive.
I know this posting was long
but I hope it is helpful because the mailing list is very helpful to me =
)
Keith
Noisy Imperial
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 11:19
PM
Subject: IML: Question
I am in need of some advice.
When I drive my 1953 Chrysler Custom Imperial, at
times, when I am making a turn or a bend in the road and or I drive over a
bumpy spot in the road, I hear a hollow noise, like something is rubbing
against some hollow metal, like a trash can would sound if it were rubbing
against metal. That's the best description of the noise that I can
give. It happens intermittently, not all the time.
At first I thought it might be the car bottoming out
and I was in need of new shocks. I was ready to buy a set of four gas
shocks but decided, after reading so much good advice on the IML, that it
would be prudent for me to put this on the IML site and let you all take a
shot at diagnosing the problem. Heck, maybe it isn't the shocks at
all...although I'm pretty shore I have to replace the shocks
anyway.
Anyone have any ideas of what may be causing that
noise?
Quint