Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 13:26:46 GMT From: "Ask The MasterTech" <Tsykesnopsamd.rr.com> Subject: Re: front end clunk, 1984 900S
Could be ball joints, shock bushing, etc... Hopefully this will help. Tw <johnwebster1nopsamhlink.net> wrote in message news:39B8F775.45A34509nopsamhlink.net... > I have a muffled clunking noise coming from the front end of my 1984 > 900S, 117K mi. Seems a little more pronounced over bumps, but > sometimes it will do it a little on flat road as well. Doesn't seem > to originate form either wheel area, just generally from the front, > underneath. It handles/drives fine. > > Ball joints maybe? How much do they cost? > > Also, someone mentioned earlier about a switch to turn off the EXH > light, which came on about a week ago and is very annoying. I plan > to get a full tune up within the next few months, I haven't done > this since buying the car a year ago. But I'd like to kill the light > in the mean time. I couldn't find a switch anywhere around the > steering column. Any suggestions? > > Funny timing, shortly after reading about seat sag here, my seat > caved in on me. I felt like I was sitting in a hole on the floor. > I'm temporarily using pillows, but will probably fix it eventually. > Prolly just try to find a new seat at a junk yard. > > Anyway, thanks for any help on the questions. > > -jw