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Date:         Tue, 10 Dec 1996 07:16:46 +0000
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From:         VWnut@smus.bc.ca
Subject:      Re: vibrations

> Hi,
> my 85 Westy has a nasty habit of creating a very loud vibration right 
> above my head when I take her up over seventy. I thought it might be 
> the bungy cords I have up there but when I took them off it was much 
> worse...sometimes it creates just a slight vibrational noise, other 
> times like a jackhammer...what's going on? Thanks for any advice,
> Rick
> '85 Westy 
> Truckin' Like The DooDah Man....


Check the four mounting screws on the luggage rack over the cab - 
they come loose quite often. I've seen Westy's driving down the hwy 
with it flapping up & down...
Shawn & Janis Wright
'88 Westy (336k) '85 Jetta TD (363k)
VWnut@smus.bc.ca (swright@smus.bc.ca)
http://www.islandnet.com/~swright/vw.html
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