can any one help me with my car please

[jjhirsch]

i just noticed my car has been starting to raddel (cant spell) but like cling and stuff. if any on might know what it is or if they could help me find out please write back or email me it sounds maby like exaust but i dont know

[Zephyrefi]

Check your heat shield on the cat.

[jjhirsch]

have u hurd of that befor?

[Zephyrefi]

It's only happened to ALL my Fords. (Not this one yet, but it's an '02...)

[jjhirsch]

ok thanx tomarrow i cheack and tell ya if it is or not

[Zephyrefi]

If it is, all ya gotta do is buy a big muffler clamp and stick it on there. That's a Ford-recommended fix! No kidding!

[Ford Fan]

big muffler clamp

That would have to be one big ass muffler clamp. The Ford fix for it is a big hose clamp. Take a rubber hammer and work your way up the exhaust system giving a good rap every so often. You'll know if you're heat shield is loose when you do this.

[allstock93gt]

nick your good! actual recommended way is to reweld if possible! if not use a HOSE CLAMP! or if you just dont care remove and never have that one rattle again! just keep the ones on the floor board side of the cats!

[Zephyrefi]

Originally posted by allstock93gt
nick your good! actual recommended way is to reweld if possible! if not use a HOSE CLAMP! or if you just dont care remove and never have that one rattle again! just keep the ones on the floor board side of the cats!

Alright wise guys, go to checker and ask for a big MUFFLER CLAMP and see what you get! It's a hose clamp style screw thing.

And no, Ford DOES recommend putting a clamp on there. i'm sure welding works better, but go on the Ford database, find the TSB and get back to me.

[jjhirsch]

i cheacked the heat shelds they are on there good and tight. when i open the hood i dont hear it throught he hood but whne i go under like by my door u can hear it and it is a consistent clang not like a rock flying around it is like the faster the rpms teh faster it clangs. the h pipe isnt louse so maby it is somethnig hiting my exaust or something.


if any one is near maby oakdale or something maby they could cheack it out i have no clue what it is, but it just sounds bad

[stang01]

does it rattle when at a stop. Or just when your driving??

[jjhirsch]

both but when it idles at like 600-700 after it warms up it stop but that is low rpm so ya but today this morning i started it and it did it agean and after a wile ti stoped and then today when i started it and it didnt do it. maby there was a rock in the cat sheald thing or something

[Ford Fan]

Maybe your cats came apart inside. There was a recall for the older cars because of this happening. Try hitting the converter directly pretty hard with a rubber hammer. Maybe it's something else but it happened on mine when I first bought it.

Alright wise guys, go to checker

Well, there's your first problem. If it ain't chrome, they don't have it. The one by my house told a customer of mine that a wheel cylinder for an '89 Bonneville was a dealer only item.

but go on the Ford database, find the TSB and get back to me.

I'm pretty sure Scott wouldn't have a problem doing that as he is a tech. at a lincoln/mercury dealer. From what I remember, (I used to be a tech. there also) Ford's first fix for it was to reweld IF POSSIBLE, if not, then the correct fix was a big hose clamp.

[Zephyrefi]

Originally posted by Ford Fan
Well, there's your first problem. If it ain't chrome, they don't have it. The one by my house told a customer of mine that a wheel cylinder for an '89 Bonneville was a dealer only item. I'm pretty sure Scott wouldn't have a problem doing that as he is a tech. at a lincoln/mercury dealer. From what I remember, (I used to be a tech. there also) Ford's first fix for it was to reweld IF POSSIBLE, if not, then the correct fix was a big hose clamp.

<sigh> pardon my choice of store for my example.

And i have no doubt one of you will be posting the TSB sooner or later in order to find something wrong with anything else i've said. Gotta love tech boards. Everyone's a genius.

<-- do this with my advice jj. i am a moron.

[jjhirsch]

the exaust was just redone in 2001 so it cant be but i dont knwo maby it is fine