Solving a Mystery
Nearly every motorist, except the happy possessor of n super-oar of the Rolls-Royce category, knows what.it is to hear a rattle in his cnr that lie cannot locate. Sometimes a thorough inspection will reveal the cause of the trouble, and enable the owner to ratify the fault, but quite often the elusive noise continues for months as a mysterious cause of annoyance. An Auckland driver, owner of a high-gi ado small car with a pressed' steel boclj, spent odd half-hours for several weeks trying to find a persistent rumble. Floor-boards, battery, glove-box, brakerods and other usual and unusual sources of rattles were examined without success. Process ot elimination proved the fault to be in the near-side front door, and ultimately the trouble was successfully diagnosed as being due to the adjustable door-stop having slipped, with the result that the door, though closing fully, was not tight. A fow minutes with a screwdriver fixed the matter.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23025, 30 April 1938, Page 14 (Supplement)
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