clive
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Post by clive on Oct 10, 2018 18:34:48 GMT
About 2 months ago completely out of the blue the front passenger door on my 3 litre started to develop an annoying rattle. As it was quite pronounced I thought it should be an easy job to sort out........How wrong have I been making that assumption! I've had the door cards off 3 times and spent countless hours trying to locate and rectify the problem. It's not the door handles, internally everything is tight with the locking and window mechanisms. All the trim is firmly secured, I'm really running out of ideas now. The rattle is completely silent on very smooth roads but as soon as I drive on anything slightly bumpy the rattle is back with a vengeance! I really hope someone might be able to help me with this one, it's really spoiling my enjoyment of the car.
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Post by velvet on Oct 10, 2018 18:52:32 GMT
if the mappocket elastics have lost their tension or the 1" felt covering the wire elastic tensioner has rotted and missing then that will cause the wire to rattle against the inner door metal panel. So the problem may be on your doorcard rather than the door internals.
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clive
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Post by clive on Oct 10, 2018 20:42:57 GMT
if the mappocket elastics have lost their tension or the 1" felt covering the wire elastic tensioner has rotted and missing then that will cause the wire to rattle against the inner door metal panel. So the problem may be on your doorcard rather than the door internals. Thanks for that but I've actually driven the car with the door card/mappocket off and the rattle is still there.
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Post by dmaxwell on Oct 10, 2018 23:02:43 GMT
Are you sure the rattle is coming from the door? I've found many times that a noise that seems to come from one part of the car is many times coming from somewhere else! Not logical but often true, just a thought.
David California, USA
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Post by Warwick on Oct 11, 2018 8:17:19 GMT
Have you done a test drive with a passenger on board, or only alone? A passenger would obviously be able to listen more easily to specific locations.
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clive
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Post by clive on Oct 11, 2018 8:22:48 GMT
Of course there is a possibility the noise is coming from elsewhere, but my wife sitting next to the door is also convinced the rattle coming from here. Out of desperation I did look at the rear door and surrounding areas but still no luck getting anywhere closer to sorting it out. The sound is like something lose, not harsh but clearly audible and very annoying.
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Post by eightofthem (Andy) on Oct 11, 2018 9:07:36 GMT
How is the body condition in general, especially at the posts and cills?, it may well be flexing within the body causing the door to move on its hinges rattling against the door catch. Or it could just be the striker plate and door catch in need of adjustment. I had a very annoying whine coming from the passenger side of my car, in the end I stopped taking the wife with me and the whining stopped
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Post by lagain on Oct 11, 2018 16:05:31 GMT
There is not a lot to rattle in the door, check the 'door strap' (that stops the door opening too far. I had a problem with the wood being tight against the metal of the windscreen frame, cured with a small piece of rubber on the end of the wood. The heater flaps can rattle, try adjusting the lever between demist / defrost etc.
If the dashboard creaks spray WD40, or similar, along where the heater vents are, just under the windscreen.
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clive
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Post by clive on Oct 16, 2018 19:53:50 GMT
Thanks for the points and suggestions, I was hoping to sort this out before the winter sets in so I could look forward to a rattle free season in the new year. It's not looking like it's going to happen soon as I don't tend to get the car out much during the cold months. I'll be returning to this thread when I have another look and certainly reporting back when I fix it....whenever that will be! Thanks again.
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Post by clive on Jun 9, 2019 19:54:12 GMT
SUCCESS! After coming back from a car show today, the rattle was worse than ever! So I decided to have another go at trying to find out were this elusive and incredibly annoying noise it was coming from. I took off the wooden window surrounding and took the car for a spin, still rattling! I took off the door card and went for another spin, no change! I tried stuffing rubber between the window mechanism were there seemed to be a bit of play, still no change! In all I took the car out six times trying various things. It was only when I took off the rear door card and got my long suffering wife so sit in the back and have a listen when she said it sounded like it might be coming from under the car! Now, I had looked under the car before and shook the exhaust but not noticed that the bracket holding the bottom of the front wing to the sill had come away. The amount of movement was tiny, about 1 mm but enough to send vibrations up into the car door (probabily via the hinges.) I temporary wedged a bit of wood to take up the movement and another test drive......SO PLEASED! rattle completely gone! It just shows how noises can travel in such unexpected ways, I'm now going to get the car booked in to have it sorted out, it looks a little rusty in that area so a suspect a bracket will have to be welded in place. It's been a real slog, but I'm now very happy!
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Post by Brendan69 on Jun 10, 2019 15:27:21 GMT
Glad you resolved it. I was going to suggest removing the door. LOL
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Post by lagain on Jun 10, 2019 16:26:09 GMT
Glad that you found it, nothing more annoying than an intermitant rattle.
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Post by Brendan69 on Jun 11, 2019 13:25:59 GMT
Glad that you found it, nothing more annoying than an intermitant rattle. Indeed George which is why I am happy Joanne is away for a few days this week. LOL
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2019 7:05:08 GMT
Noise can and does travel. Some while back I had a rattle or knock that I was convinced came from the passenger seat. When I finally took it out the noise was still there and seemed to come from under the car. After hours of pointless checking and tightening fittings I found it was the N/S shock absorber top mount that was loose and letting the shock absorber rock from side to side. I suppose noise can travel down hollow sections like a stethoscope and bounce off flat sections.
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