Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:23:16 -0700
Reply-To:     "C. Abney" <tsudonimh@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "C. Abney" <tsudonimh@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Whistling from rear end
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Oh crap, that was supposed to go to the group. :-/

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From: "C. Abney" <tsudonimh@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:21:10 -0700
Subject: Re: Whistling from rear end
To: Rick Cooper <rickdcooper@gmail.com>

Does your van have gas?

On 3/14/19, Rick Cooper <rickdcooper@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone.  I've had a whistling noise coming from the rear of my 87
> Westy, 2.1liter automatic, for probably a year now.  It is intermittent but
> most noticeable during city driving.
>
> I would have thought this was caused by metal components rubbing together,
> perhaps the emergency brake components touching the revolving components
> inside a brake drum.  However, the pitch of the sound never changes and
> seems unaffected by speed.  The whistling sound is in the mid-range, maybe
> about a middle C, neither particularly high or low.  It seems to start and
> stop randomly.
>
> An atypical sound like this is worrisome, but maybe it's just wind or road
> noise.  Does this ring a bell with anyone?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Rick
>


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If you're in my band you can't have too much of a sense of dignity. --
"Weird Al" Yankovic