[DeTomaso] new noise coming from engine bay

[bill gaino]

I had a 350c1 in a Vette, it was making a knocking sound up front, I replaced the alternator, still there, I replaced the water pump,still there, I finally tightned the balancer bolt and fixed it. On my race car the balancer fell of, after ruining the crank. Everybody go check yours now!  Bill 1362
-----Original Message-----
>From: boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jun 8, 2012 2:28 PM
>To: spkorb at gmail.com
>Cc: List Pantera <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] new noise coming from engine bay
>
>First of all I want to thank everyone  for their quick responses and
>creative ideas. The "Big List" subscribers are more reliable then Old
>faithful when it comes to offering help or suggestions to any problem
>Pantera related or otherwise. I couldn't think of or ask for a greater
>bunch of guys  to be stuck on a desert Island (except  for the requisite
>2:1 ratio of women to men ;-) LOL) or to face the Mayan calender predicted
>end of the world or whatever the flavor of the month is as far as pending
>"end of days" Thank you all very much.  After removing the engine hatch
>cover I discovered the source of the noise and I have both good news and
>bad news! The noise was friction based as I had earlier speculated. The
>outer crankshaft pulley was rubbing the edge of the engine hatch opening.
>The question now is how did this happen? Did my motor mounts break or
>loosen and allow the engine to slip forward a few millimeters?
> The amount of contact was a m.m. I used a rubber mallet and a broken 1/2"
>ratchet extension  to tap the edge down slightly so there was no more
>rubbing of the pulley. I closed everything back up and it now sounds great
>once again.  Now I have to determine what caused the movement. So guys once
>again it's time to put on the thinking caps and come up with some
>suggestions.
>Boyd
>On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 for me too.   I had an alternator bracket bolt back out and it made
>> the most horrible noise!
>>
>> sean
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:41 PM,  <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>> > Expensive engine bay noises?
>> >
>> > I had an idler pulley bearing fail; that was pretty horrific-sounding and
>> > cost $20 to fix.
>> >
>> > Alternator and water pump pulleys/bearings can make a big racket too.
>> >
>> > Hopefully it's something simple and external....
>> >
>> > Mike
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