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| | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,052 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,052 | What Otto said. I picked up my diesel from the shop after they put a transmission in it, and heard a sound i was sure was coming from the passenger door when I fired it up. After moving around a bit, I found the source. Turns out the mechanic had failed to secure the shifter boot to the floor, and the noise was coming thru the opening.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 | I can’t argue with or refute anything you guys have stated because I am still on the losing end of this proposition.
Presently the seats are out of the truck for the purpose of sound insulation. I will drive it with the passenger seat out (buckets) and continue to investigate. Multiple observers have said that the sound seems to emanate from some point in the upper rear passenger side corner, as though in the B pillar.
I don’t know what could generate such a sound in that structure. Could be referred/ transmitted from another area , as you suggest. Hopefully the sound deadening treatment will make the source more localized and obvious. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,772 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,772 | While the truck is idling and squawking as you stated in the first post, walk around the truck stepping on and jumping on the running boards, bed, etc.
Can the sound be heard outside the truck? Get a few people to listen in different places while you go around moving or pushing things to see if the sound stops or changes.
Could the headliner bow be moving a little?
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,772 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,772 | Get under the truck and grab your exhaust pipe and shake it. Is it rubbing on anything? Exhaust hangers nice and tight? joints tight?
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 | There is no headliner aside from the sound treatment I implemented 2 weeks ago.
I will check exhaust again; it is almost new and seems tight and first rate. Clearance is good. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 |
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 | I have the opportunity to get the truck on a hoist in 2 weeks.
I will check the rear cab mounts at that time. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2020 Posts: 788 | I will have the truck up on a hoist in 2 weeks, I’ll inspect the rear cab mounts then. | | |
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