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Subject:Re: Expensive Noises....
From:BJ Feddish
Date:Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:33:35 -0500

When it starts to float.

Thanks,
Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Collum [mailto:collum@verizon.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:00 PM
To: BJ Feddish
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Expensive Noises....

While under load or when the engine is just starting to "float"?

Mike

BJ Feddish wrote:
> I "thought" I heard a noise last week and today I definitely heard it.
> Sounds expensive. Anyway, it's a knocking sound that happens around 40 mph
> whether I am in 3rd or 4th gear. It does not make the sound (or not loud
> enough for me to hear it) at lower speeds. Pressing my foot on the clutch
> makes the sound stop and I coast quietly along.
>
> Thoughts? Insight? Laughter?
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan
>