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Date: Fri, 08 May 1998 17:41:54 GMT
From: rjohnsennopsamAMS.att.net (The Johnsens)
Subject: Re: Ticking sound near front dash?


I had the same noise on our 84 900T, I always thought it was the fan also. Marc seems to have hit the nail on the head, Rob On Wed, 06 May 1998 13:32:38 -0600, marcwnopsamuserve.com wrote: >I've got the same symptom on my '88 900S. I mentioned it to the service >manager where I take my car and he seemed familiar with the problem but said >that a fix would involve removing the entire dash and several hundreds of >dollars and that I was probably better off living with it. > >My impression is that the fan blade assembly has translated along it's spindle >and the blades are now in contact with it's cage or something nearby. If I >turn the vents to off (so the fan turns off) the sound stops. If I run the >fan beyond it's slowest speed the ticking gets faster but then stops as if >the fan has blown itself away from the contact it was making. This works but >then I have more noise from the air blowing. Sometimes, if I run the fan for >a bit at high speed and then back off to the lowest speed setting, it will >run quiet for a while (minutes or days). > >It's ugly but I live with it along with my inoperational central locking >inconvienience. > > - Marc > > > >In article <6ioo4c$ifu7nopsamquik.com>#1/1, > "ebash" <ebashnopsamon.quik.com> wrote: >> >> I hear a fast paced ticking sound near the top of the front dash, when I >> turn on the heat or vents? 87 900S auto. Any ideas? thanks, >> ed >> >> > > >-----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- >http://www.dejanews.com/ Now offering spam-free web-based newsreading

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