Date:         Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:34:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mark Belanger <mbelanger@GMAIL.COM>
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Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
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Your chrome whale, perhaps?


-MB

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 6:41 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:

> It’s close to that point now Mark.
>
> It’s a funny kinda rattle, clunking. It’s really becoming a moby dick
> thing with me :-)
>
> Ab
>
> On Apr 13, 2021, at 10:23 PM, Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Once a year or two, I turn over the wheel to a friend for an hour or so
> and sit in the back of my '91 with a notepad, cataloging all the rattles,
> pops, squeaks and groans coming out of the old Pokeswagen. I try to do the
> same at a self-serve car wash to look for leaks, but have run out of
> friends willing to wash that giant blue box anymore...
>
>
> -MB
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 7:53 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Spent a pleasant afternoon Sunday. In the van, beer, tunes, good weather.
>> I was cleaning the interior , tightening screws, adding fresh foam
>> “dampeners” to closet doors. Adjusting said doors latch catches etc
>>
>> Partly because I needed too, and partly because I have this rattle or
>> light clunking noise at times.
>>
>> It’s not, I think , suspension components, but something else... like a
>> wrench left in a cavity :-)
>>
>> Spoiler alert, didn’t find the cause.
>>
>> But did find that the glove box can be adjusted. Escaped me for many
>> years of van ownership. The latch striker plate is adjustable as is the
>> bracket that the hinges fit into . You can level the box and get it closing
>> nicely .
>>
>> Very thin strip of foam rubber along the top edge of box. Did my best to
>> cut similar strip and install .
>>
>> Apart from the elusive clunking, was a very enjoyable couple of hours.
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>
>
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