Question

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       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 -----

From: Quint Villanueva

To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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?

 

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