I guess there's no two ways about it, I'm gonna have to take the front
plate off again and see what's what. Don't know about yours, but mine was
a bitch to get the bolts to *almost* line up. I had to crank some of the
bolts in at a slight angle. That's how I know there is a lot of tension
*in* the plate. Originally I thought it was just the metal flexing, but
it's not.
Frustrating thing is not only the engine has to be under load but the
driveline as well in order for the noise to occur (maybe the front
suspension too??). I.E. Just revving the engine to have it move in the
motor mounts won't make the noise... I have to be accelerating from a dead
stop to make the noise.
Back to the drawing board.
T.
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Subject: Re: DML: 4x4 Front end growl - Skidplates
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
Date: 12/29/98 8:01 PM
>Yep, that was me... Let me know if it works. Joel suggested it might be
I took the front skidplate off, noise went away. I was pulling my hair out
trying to figure out what I might have screwed up by greasing the driveline
and installing the skidplates...
>the exhaust down pipes rubbing and I might try moving them around a bit
>next chance I get. This notion makes sense to me (even though I can't
>*see* any contact marks on the exhaust) 'cause I installed headers on mine
>and I suspect those down pipes ride just a hair lower with the shorties
>installed.
>
>Do you have headers on your 318 or are they still the stock manifolds?
Stock manifolds.
>BTW, what's up with the "|" marks where a "'" should be in your
>messages?... just curious.
Hmm. I must have mapped the single-quote to the wrong character. I noticed
on some other folksī machine, it comes back as a Yen (Jap money) character.
Thatīs not made in Detroit! Sorry.
Jim
$93 4x4 CC V8
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