Worrying noises.

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years ago had a mate with a BMW 69S who could hear a rattle, he said it was the little ends so we pulled the barrels and pressed in new little end bushes
On assembly he said the rattle was still there and that the new little end bushes I fitted were too loose so the following weekend we did it again but used custom bushes so we could ream them to size
finished up with a very neat fit and assembled the bike
he took it for a ride and came back and said rattle was still there

finally traced it to his front mudguard rattling

 
Way back when I was in first year university, one of the other engineering students noticed a clatter in the engine of his car (an old 6-cylinder Holden I think). He reckoned it had a buggered big end bearing so he pulled the engine out and started to dismantle it. He had it lying on its side on the bench, and took the sump off so he could get the crankshaft out. As he was turning the crank to undo each big end cap in turn, he discovered the source of the noise - the dipstick was bent and touching the crankshaft.
 
When I was staying in a Serviced Apartment when away for work, I complained to reception about a person in the adjoining apartment using a vibrator for what seemed to go on all night.

Frankly, at first, I found it quite entertaining, but by the third night was a little over it. Anyway, when I told the girl at reception, she was shocked, and said a little old man was staying there  :o
We, the receptionist and I, near rolled around the floor, laughing and making sex toy jokes, and just what the old man could have been doing in there.

The next day I saw the receptionist, and she said she had (discreetly) brought it to the mans attention ............ seems the old fella had a breathing thingo he used when sleeping  :-[


 
Late 80's, WSB round at Manfield, NZ. I was there running a bike in a support class and keeping an eye on a couple of others I'd built too. Morning of race day and I get called over urgently to have a listen to a ZX7 engine I'd built for the WSB round.
I'm crouched down beside it trying to work out what and where the noise is coming from when a mate leans over the bike towards me. The noise stops. I tell him, stand up, it starts again...Lean over it stops...
The bloody muffler was tapping on part of the frame, when he leaned over, he held it against the frame and noise stopped.

Much relief all round. Two top 10 finishes achieved.
 
GregT said:
Late 80's, WSB round at Manfield, NZ. I was there running a bike in a support class and keeping an eye on a couple of others I'd built too. Morning of race day and I get called over urgently to have a listen to a ZX7 engine I'd built for the WSB round.
I'm crouched down beside it trying to work out what and where the noise is coming from when a mate leans over the bike towards me. The noise stops. I tell him, stand up, it starts again...Lean over it stops...
The bloody muffler was tapping on part of the frame, when he leaned over, he held it against the frame and noise stopped.

Much relief all round. Two top 10 finishes achieved.
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Hey Greg, my ZX7R, had a rattle I couldn't track down for ages ..................... I bet the exhaust on your bike was Acropovic, same deal ............. to the tee.
 
The Misses often complains about a worrying noise in bed of a night!  She said, your getting too old to be doing that and she's not cleaning it up...  :(
 
sweetas said:
The Misses often complains about a worrying noise in bed of a night!  She said, your getting too old to be doing that and she's not cleaning it up...  :(
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"she's not cleaning it up"...........  (jerk) Don't worry mate, we all slept on the crusty bits when we were younger, just think of it as reliving your youth  ;)
 
chrisk said:
"she's not cleaning it up"...........  (jerk) Don't worry mate, we all slept on the crusty bits when we were younger, just think of it as reliving your youth  ;)
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Farting! was Farting! 
 
chrisk said:
Hey Greg, my ZX7R, had a rattle I couldn't track down for ages ..................... I bet the exhaust on your bike was Acropovic, same deal ............. to the tee.
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Pre Acropovic - a genuine Titanium Rob Muzzy pipe....The owner had collected a race kit personally from Muzzy in the states.

It was always going to be down on HP - the bastard sold him an endurance race set of pistons instead of the sprint race set I wanted....
 
I used to do occasional work for a mate who was a roof tiler. His Ford Ranger tray back developed an annoying rhythmic thudding on acceleration and braking. Worried about the drive shaft he took it to another mate who was a mechanic and ran a servo. One lap around the block, quick look under the passenger seat, remove square glass bottle and problem solved.
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
I'm assuming the Hang Over wasn't a diesel? Wouldn't still be driving it if it was, surely!!
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Supercharged 4.2 V8 Diesel: thankfully with some rather good fuel/fckwit management systems in place, went into a 'general systems/Transmission fault with limited gears available' mode and saved the fuel rail - very happy, moreso as she's the wifes wheels  :o

Peter
 
Some of the local bushies (don?t know the local term for it) here in Norway add a bit of petrol to their diesel fuel in winter.
Any other cold climate people have experience with that?
 
Tippie said:
Some of the local bushies (don?t know the local term for it) here in Norway add a bit of petrol to their diesel fuel in winter.
Any other cold climate people have experience with that?
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Quite common in Germany up to a few years ago.  The fuel companies now incorporate special additives to diesel to prevent gelling at low temps.

piet
 
its always been a bit of paraffin (kerosene) for me, around 2 or 3 litres in a tankful of about 80/90 litres does the trick, still needed where "red" diesel is concerned for plant use but road fuel seems to be good these days and I am told that the winter issue is OK for -15c, which we dont very often get.

but for getting a knackered old diesel through the smoke test for the annual MOT, then about the same ratio of petrol in the diesel tank "fools" the emission tester a treat, there are many, many tippers driving around punching out pollution because they can pass the once a year test, not quite the done thing I know (a bit like burning tyres on the bonfire) but you cant blame the owner drivers can you?
CLEM
 
Clem what are you suggeesting cheating HMGOV, the VW man in America has just got 7 years in prison and 300k fine, now that would make your eyes water and lighten your wallet
 
Tasmania is the base for Australia's Antarctic endeavours. Their Diesel engines in Antarctica use a fuel that they call SAB (Special Antarctic Blend). It's a 50/50 mix of normal pump diesel fuel and kerosene. If they were to use undiluted Diesel, it would turn to wax in the cold environment.

It's not recommended to run Diesel engines on the stuff in non-freezing climates though, because at "normal" temperatures it has less of a lubricating effect than pump Diesel fuel.

Incidentally, "SAB" is the same brew that is used for domestic oil heaters. The Antarctic Division's requirement for massive quantities of the stuff (all our Antarctic bases are powered by Diesel generators) makes it readily available to local consumers at a reasonable price, so it's still a viable proposition to use the old Vulcan domestic oil heaters here in Tassie.
 
Dellortoman said:
so it's still a viable proposition to use the old Vulcan domestic oil heaters here in Tassie.
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Memory jog: Good God, I haven't seen one of those for 40 years.
I do remember my father splitting head head open on the tank we had at the side of our house though  :LOL:
 
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