Miata Mailing List: September 1995, Message #38
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   From: "RUSSELL S. SOBEL" 
Subject: A/C noise, top alignment, front end noise
   Date: Fri, 1 Sep 1995 15:08:46 -0400

This is my first attempt at posting to the list.  I am a newbie, but 
have just finished looking thru all of the old list entries and have 
a few problems which I could not find answers to.

I have a Red 1995 which I leased in March of this year.

Here are my problems.  I would GREATLY appreciate any help anyone 
could send me.

1) When my Air Conditioner is on I get a high pitched whining noise 
soon after the compressor cuts on.  It fades away in about 10 
seconds.  The noise is similar to the whistle from a boiling teapot.
Every time the compressor comes on this happens again.  I 
have noticed that this problem only occurs when I'm driving (not 
sitting in idle).  My thought is that it has something to do with the 
vacuum pressure created at higher RPMs.  Anyone got any suggestions?  


2) Something has happened to the alignment of my soft top.  The 
driver's side latch will no longer hook correctly.  The little button 
that you push to open the lock when taking down the top does not 
click fully into place anymore.  I can force it into place if I hit 
the latch very hard with my hand.  It appears that what's happening 
is that the rounded bar that slides up to latch is riding up on one 
side and not hooking under like it should.  Anyone got advice?  My 
dealership said that they could realign the top, but that it would 
cause more problems in the long run.  They said to see if it will 
move back into place on its own.  It's been 3 months and still no 
change.

3) Lastly, my passenger side front end makes a clicking noise when I 
take right hand curves.  The noise is coming from the tire/suspension 
area.  It does not happen in left hand turns, and only on really 
bumpy roads does it happen when going straight.  What in the world 
could it be???  It appears to depend on whether that side of the car 
is elevated (as it would be in a right hand turn) or whether it is 
depressed.  My dealership asked me to wait a few thousand miles to 
see if it "settles in" because they had no clue as to what it was.

I really love my new baby!!  It is so much fun on these windy, hilly, 
West Virginia roads.  (Don't know about winter yet, though!!)

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me.

Russ Sobel

P.S. - Please mail your response directly to me as I'm not subscribed 
to the list yet.




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