Miata Mailing List: May 1996, Message #67
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   From: HeyBillyA@aol.com
Subject: Fwd: Dash rattle
   Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 00:30:23 -0400

Chris,
Look at the shovel-shaped pan under the steering wheel, below the dash.  It's
held on by two screws and two tabs.  Sometimes the tabs loose their felt
lining or get bent away and don't hold anymore.  Kind of jiggle it around and
I think you can figure out  if it's "adrift," as the Brits say.
Bill Allen
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From:	CRICHEY@psc.ssw.dhhs.gov (Richey, Christopher)
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Reply-to:	CRICHEY@psc.ssw.dhhs.gov (Richey, Christopher)
To:	miata@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Multiple recipients of list)
Date: 96-05-01 20:25:14 EDT


     Hey fellow Miata-heads,

     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