Finally found answer to Whale sound

[CallMeBill]

So it was finally determined where that "whale" sound everyone was hearing is actually coming from. So double check under your BS.

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[Mark S.]

There was an old story that used to make the rounds way back when about a person who took their brand new car back to the dealer because of a clunking noise. The owner reported the noise coming from the driver's side of the vehicle, mainly when making turns. The dealer determined the noise was coming from inside the driver's door. The technician took the interior door panel off and found a coke bottle in the bottom of the door. The clunk heard was the bottle rolling from one side to the other during a turn. The bottle had a note taped to it which read, "I put this here on my last day of work before retirement. I hope it drove you crazy."

 

[Bucko]

There was an old story that used to make the rounds way back when about a person who took their brand new car back to the dealer because of a clunking noise. The owner reported the noise coming from the driver's side of the vehicle, mainly when making turns. The dealer determined the noise was coming from inside the driver's door. The technician took the interior door panel off and found a coke bottle in the bottom of the door. The clunk heard was the bottle rolling from one side to the other during a turn. The bottle had a note taped to it which read, "I put this here on my last day of work before retirement. I hope it drove you crazy."

You may not believe this, but it happened to my father, and his brand new 55 Chevy (first brand new vehicle he and my mom bought after they got married). It burned over two quarts a week, and banged from the passenger door area. He took it back 3 times, as they told him the excessive oil consumption was "break in". In 1955, Chevrolet introduced the small block V8. It did not have an oil filter that year.
After a month, he insisted it had issues. They tore the upper engine down, and found it had incorrect intake valves, allowing oil to seep past the valve guide seals, and into the combustion chamber to be burned off. The banging was due to a soda bottle stuffed into the door bottom behind the door cover.

He ended up with another 55 Bel Air, with a bunch more options then the other had, for his inconvenience. Now that was customer service!

He switched over to Ford several years later, and never bought another Chevy.

 

[Bill G]

Yeah, not to "bad mouth" Ford, but I ordered an '82 Bronco and waited 8 weeks for delivery (without a car -- borrowed cars to drive). Dealer had supposedly prepped it before delivery. I found a 3" long bolt in one of the tires before I left the lot. Both diffs were dry and a qt. low on oil (which I found next day when checking it out at a friend's service station). We saw something shiny inside the boxed frame. Digging around we found a Seven-Up can inside the frame and no way, short of cutting and welding the frame to get it out. Fortunately it never rattled after we dug around and wedged it into the frame.

 

[fog53]

I am guilty of tying zip ties to a drive shaft and putting a rubber glove filled with baby powder zipped to the exhaust. But I'm much older and a small bit less mischievous nowadays.

 

[Mark S.]

I am guilty of tying zip ties to a drive shaft and putting a rubber glove filled with baby powder zipped to the exhaust. But I'm much older and a small bit less mischievous nowadays.

What, no banana in the tail pipe trick?

 

[NMhunter]

I love the harmonica trick. Better than the open tuna can on the manifold, or the roll of surveyor's tape tied underneath the bumper, or the hot dog on top if the roof antena. All of which happened while working for the Forest Service.

 

[The Avatar]

This is entertainment at work

 

[petegee77]

What, no banana in the tail pipe trick?

We use to use potatos. Local cop parked under the drive thru overhang at the bank waiting for speeders at night. We'd carefully shove a potato in the exhaust pipe then go flying past him. He give chase only to have his Plymouth cop car drop dead on him. Fun times !

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