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Post by tstaples on Aug 15, 2006 21:13:47 GMT -3
ok, i'm driving down the road and every time i apply a little bit of gas i hear tweety bird singing a tune in my engine.
i checked my serpentine belt tension... and have parked it and hit the gas and hear nothing. it's only when i'm on the road... what the hell is it? anyone know?
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Post by jeeptech on Aug 15, 2006 21:40:41 GMT -3
Listen real close to the distributor housing. Get a metal pipe or solid bar and place it against the distributor housing and put the other end to your ear. The distributor bushing makes a chirp noise. Lack of lubrication. New distributor time.
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Post by tstaples on Aug 15, 2006 22:25:23 GMT -3
hmmmm.. i would have NEVER guessed that.. i'm not sure but i might or my dad might have one of those metal rod things with the stethascope ear piece.. i'll have to see if he has that and take a listen.
thanks!
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Post by XfaCtoR on Aug 15, 2006 23:57:46 GMT -3
gease the drive shaft ujoints
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Post by tstaples on Aug 16, 2006 13:58:06 GMT -3
i think i have recently but i will do that again
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Post by Chris on Aug 16, 2006 19:19:57 GMT -3
in my 2003 dakota pickup, durring winter, if i give a little throttle while driving 35 mph and up, i get a loud wistle. lol its the wierdest thing.
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Post by jeeptech on Aug 16, 2006 21:54:13 GMT -3
That's your throttle body, The cold air coming in makes that whistle noise. Those stupid twist throttle body spacers also make crazy noises.
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Post by tstaples on Aug 17, 2006 10:11:40 GMT -3
ok.. so i did some more analysis today.. and it seems that it's not when i hit the gas, when i do that the sound goes away...
when i hit the gas and then let off the gas is when the sound comes on strong. (i.e. coasting).
also i noticed if while the noise is going, I put the truck in neutral the sound will go away.
I tightened my serp. belt this morning and made sure there was only 1/4" play which i think is the rule and that didn't help one bit.
i'm gonna get out the grease gun tonight and grease all the fittings of my drive shaft.. but does anyone have any more ideas of what it could be given this new data?
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Post by slab42 on Aug 17, 2006 23:10:25 GMT -3
could it be one of your pullies? your belt might not be squealing, but the pully could, especially if you tightened it up. if not, just don't feed the tweety bird for a few days, he will die eventually!  |
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Post by tstaples on Aug 18, 2006 11:41:39 GMT -3
on the way home last night... tweety turned into a giant bear/tiger/truck driving over broken metal. yea... U-JOINT
verified, and fixed in 20 mins... trucks hums along beautifully now
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Post by XfaCtoR on Aug 18, 2006 17:02:21 GMT -3
didnt someone say something about drive shaft ujoints...
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Post by rich on Aug 18, 2006 17:35:25 GMT -3
he's probably trying to figure out how to "gease" a u-joint ;D
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Post by tstaples on Aug 18, 2006 20:01:49 GMT -3
yea.. couldn't figure out how to "gease" the ujoints so i just replaced them... ;-)
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Post by trav on Aug 18, 2006 20:03:15 GMT -3
how do you grease a u joint? i know im a noob. but serously ...how?
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Post by chrometj on Aug 18, 2006 20:15:50 GMT -3
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