[T3] Rattlesnake clatter...

[crash 69]

There are certainly many possible things that can cause this sound.
Mine turned out to be the generator; it needed a rebuild.

Dan
65 SB

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:14 PM, J. Jonik <j_jonik at yahoo.com> wrote:
> A while ago there was back and forth about mystery rattle that SEEMS to come from the engine area.    My rattle went away, for a while.  Now it's back.
>  This is standard shift.    Rattle---somewhat tinny...not heavy metalic...happens between shifts, goes away with just a little rev.  Car runs fine otherwise.
>
> But...car had a few minor momentary stalls lately (rolling, easy re-start)...again, while shifting or when car slowed down to below speed the gear should have been in.  So, something seems to be getting worse.
>   While doing rust hole repair on driver side floor recently, I realized that the clutch pedal is not at the right  position.  Too much play.   Not drastic, but...does that mean that the clutch cable is stretching, or even fraying?  The adjustment nut underneath can't move out of it's seat, I don't think.
>
> So, I haven't yet tried just re-adjusting the play of the clutch pedal....but, before doing that, it would be good to know WHY it would come out of adjustment.   Is the only answer that the cable is (dangerously) stretched or fraying?
>
> Is this a nice early warning to replace the cable?
>
> And...would a stretched, or slowly fraying, clutch cable cause that chattering noise? What metal is clattering against what metal?
>
> Is such chattering a symptom of something to do with the throw-out bearing?
>
> Using a stethoscope with a heavy wire touch-and-listen attachment, there was no place on the engine that found anything unusual even while it was chattering in neutral....as it does sometimes and not others.   Haven't brought stethoscope under the car to listen to trans and clutch areas, yet.
>
> How to know this isn't a valve doing a Death Rattle?
>
> Or, is this a case of LLLS (Lazy Left Leg Syndrome) where clutch pedal isn't pushed ALL the way down when shifting?   (MUST it be pushed all the way down anyway?...not "just enough to change gears"?)
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