Miata Mailing List: May 1996, Message #51
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   From: Phredd 
Subject: Re: Dash rattle
   Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 20:29:59 -0400


        +++  Wow. This same thing happened to me once. It was with my 
first car, a '53 Willys. It bugged me for almost a year.

        Damned rattle wouldn't go away. I took the dash apart. I removed 
the windshield. I took off the hood. I gutted the entire interior. Still, 
the rattle wouldn't leave me.

        Then one day, one of my tires looked a little low. Grabbed the 
gauge out of the glovebox. Checked all the tires. Filled the low one. 
Then, I did something really stupid. I drove off having left the air 
gauge on the roof of the car. Really pissed me off. I paid $2.95 (U.S. -- 
YMMV elsewhere) for that gauge. But, the rattle was gone.

        Keep the Revs up!

        phRedd
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>Subject:     Dash rattle
>Sent:        5/1/96 3:12 PM
>Received:    5/1/96 7:59 PM
>From:        Richey, Christopher, CRICHEY@psc.ssw.dhhs.gov
>To:          Miata.Net, miata@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
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>     Hey fellow Miata-heads,
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>     My '90 has a dashboard rattle.  I've traced it to somewhere between
>     the driver's side edge of the dashboard and the instrument cluster.
>     Last weekend I removed the gauge cluster & hood and it still made the
>     rattle. It sounds like a bracket or a screw has come loose inside the
>     dashboard and is banging around.  With the gauge cluster out, I still
>     could not tell were its coming from!  I'm thinking it could be
>     something attached to the firewall or maybe something associated with
>     the ventilation ducts. Has anyone had a similar experience?  I feel
>     like I'm overlooking something really obvious.
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Chris Richey
>     Gaithersburg, MD
>     '90 Red
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