Re: S6 wagon woes...

[steve powers <spowers@spdg.COM>]

Doug Miller wrote:
> 
> >third time is supposed to be charmed. let's hope so.
> >
> >Our '95.5 S6 wagon went into the shop yesterday for a 3K (interval)
> >oil change and to take another look at the rattle above the driver's
> >seat. The oil change went smoothly and after getting a call from my
> >service advisor, it looked like they could replicate the rattle.
> >
> 
> Hope I caught you before unsubbing.  I had a loose component sound on the
> passenger's side of my LandCruiser for over a year.  It drove me crazy, and
> I spent literally hours on my back in the footwell during road trips during
> my wife's driving shifts to no avail.  I could not isolate it, partially
> because it took a bump of a very precise frequency to cause it.  One day,

You're oh-so-very correct. It takes a precise stimulus to elicit the
response. I helped them out actually by waiting until I could make it
happen "at will". I specified the precise conditions down to the stretch
of road two blocks away from the dealership, the traffic lane, speed, etc.
They can now replicate the noise.

The big question is, what will it turn out to be? The headliner's out, all
electrical assemblies are disconnected, etc. It's flat gutted and it still
makes the noise. I'm convinced they'll find and remedy it, I'm not entirely
sure that it will be before my upcoming ski trip...
 
steve powers
powers@uplex.net