Eric,

The rubber bushings that fit over the studs on the rad? 

Did they fail by going hard or did they crack?

Nice to get the rattle so easily fixed :-)

Alistair 

> On May 10, 2021, at 5:58 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
>        I know others chase down rattles so I wanted to share a success.
> 
> My fix was fairly simple compared to Alistair.  I think he mentioned a rattle and now he is talking about a new engine. 
> 
> Anyway, when returning from our first outing about 100 miles away, the van would rattle on dirt roads.  Mostly quiet on smooth roads. 
> 
>        The rattle was in the front of the bus. 
> 
> 
> The solution came from Dennis,  He told me to check the radiator to see if it was moving slightly at the top.  It was. 
> 
>        He had used locally sourced bushings and they looked great  and exactly like the originals. but they failed .   I had to search several vender sites and finally found them at Bus Lab. 
> 
> Hopefully these last. 
> 
> Dennis also sent me the info on how to replace and I enjoyed the small fix. 
> 
> For me this is a reasonable job but something new and I learned a lot in the process. 
> 
> So, if you hear a rattle in the front when going over bumps or dirt roads, you might be able to make that go away with a simple update to the radiator bushings or just tightening it a bit. 
> 
> Thanks Dennis and others including help from a friend to find the correct and out of stock bushings!
> 
> eRic  Caron 
> 85 GL Auto