jerryd
28th June 2010, 09:38 PM
I've been noticing that the County has had lots of niggly rattles of late, so instead of saying "I'll look at that next week" :p I thought I'd investigate while it was stationery with a dud alternator.
First up was the front passenger door, I removed the panel too find all the nuts were loose and everything was rattling around.That was an easy fix, adjusted the door pull and lubricated everything too. ;) no rust in here.
Also took the door mirror off and repaired it as it was constantly facing downwards.
Next was the front passenger seat, bolts were a bit loose but the main annoyance was the lid on the battery box, always rattling :mad: Another annoyance is all the crud that gathers beneath here, chips,lollies,etc
I'd been giving this some thought for awhile,so I went completely mad and took both seats and cubby box out, removed the three lids and decided to make a new panel and lids. The idea being that it would help "silence the noise," and help to keep this area cleaner. I made the panel out of 16mm mdf, and cut out the openings with my jigsaw. I then made three lids, which just drop into the holes supported by a frame underneath.
A quick trip to Clarke Rubber had me some nice new carpet to fix to the mdf, I got quite heavy rubber backed thinking it would help with the soundproofing.Also popped into Bunnings and got 16 longer bolts to put seats back later ;)
Carpet cut and glued, panel fitted, seats back in place and hey presto I have new driving position, 16mm higher. A trip round the block confirmed that the rattles had gone, it's a little quieter but this panel seems to have moved the noise (if that makes sense) rearwards. It certainly has made it more sociable in the front :) As I had emptied all the junk out of the cubby box, I had an idea to raise it slightly before refitting it. The idea was to make a compartment underneath to hold cd's. A prototype is under construction and it sort of works. I can now use the cubby as an arm rest, hold the gearlever and stop it rattling :D
Here's a couple of pics of the panel in progress, the cubby continues.......
First up was the front passenger door, I removed the panel too find all the nuts were loose and everything was rattling around.That was an easy fix, adjusted the door pull and lubricated everything too. ;) no rust in here.
Also took the door mirror off and repaired it as it was constantly facing downwards.
Next was the front passenger seat, bolts were a bit loose but the main annoyance was the lid on the battery box, always rattling :mad: Another annoyance is all the crud that gathers beneath here, chips,lollies,etc
I'd been giving this some thought for awhile,so I went completely mad and took both seats and cubby box out, removed the three lids and decided to make a new panel and lids. The idea being that it would help "silence the noise," and help to keep this area cleaner. I made the panel out of 16mm mdf, and cut out the openings with my jigsaw. I then made three lids, which just drop into the holes supported by a frame underneath.
A quick trip to Clarke Rubber had me some nice new carpet to fix to the mdf, I got quite heavy rubber backed thinking it would help with the soundproofing.Also popped into Bunnings and got 16 longer bolts to put seats back later ;)
Carpet cut and glued, panel fitted, seats back in place and hey presto I have new driving position, 16mm higher. A trip round the block confirmed that the rattles had gone, it's a little quieter but this panel seems to have moved the noise (if that makes sense) rearwards. It certainly has made it more sociable in the front :) As I had emptied all the junk out of the cubby box, I had an idea to raise it slightly before refitting it. The idea was to make a compartment underneath to hold cd's. A prototype is under construction and it sort of works. I can now use the cubby as an arm rest, hold the gearlever and stop it rattling :D
Here's a couple of pics of the panel in progress, the cubby continues.......