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Mail From: "Ed E. Powell" <(email redacted)>

I've received some educated guesses regarding the mystery noise in my Tiger (and
a couple Very Funny ones). But, no one wins the cigar yet.

One more important tip: The noise sounded much like a honking goose. A rather
furious one, too.

Keep those cards and letters comin' folks. I'll reveal the answer in a couple
days. (Click and Clack didn't even _respond_ to this one...)

Eddy

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Mail From: "Ed E. Powell" <(email redacted)>

Kirt Jenssen says, "I believe it to be a vacuum leak !"

How CLOSE you are, sir! Next trip, you're coming with me.

Okay, so, with that, here's the answer: There was a kinked vacuum hose. As the
engine got warm, the hose became more pliant. Vacuum increased on deceleration,
which sucked the hose walls together and caused the goose-honk noise. So there
it is.

I had put a heater core back in place just before the trip, and had moved hoses
around in the process. What a relief to discover that the solution was simple
and cheap! We continued to Laughlin, Nevada. I won thirty-two bucks at poker
and bought a new heater control valve when I got home.

Douglas Pruitt suggested the brake booster. I confess that I don't know if the
hose ran to the booster or not -- I know paltry little about automobiles -- but
the hose was headed in that general direction from the somewhere below the
carburetor.

Thanks to all for you ideas! You have demonstrated to me the remarkable insight
available from subscribers to this list, and you'll probably be hearing more
from me as future problems arise. You have also demonstrated fine wit, which I
also enjoyed hugely.

Every you humble Tiger-phile,
Eddy

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Mail From: "Richard Atherton (Entex)" <(email redacted)>

It sounds like the old air pump on my 81 mustang, but your Tiger
isn't going to have one of those....It sounds more like something
rubbing in the front end. Either on the ground, like a tree branch
jammed in under the car, or perhaps something rubbing against the tires
in the front. Decelerating makes the front end drop, which uses up
fender well clearence, and ground clearance. When you equalize, or
accelerate, the front comes up. Yup! Thats it Its your nosey neighbor
pinned under the car !! That's my guess. Something is rubbing against
the tires or the road, that shouldn't be there like a branch or
something similar. So where's my Prize, or at least point towards the
Beer.!

Rich

> ----------
> From: Ed E. Powell[SMTPemail redacted)]
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 1997 5:55 PM
> To: Tigers Digest
> Subject: Mystery Noise
>
> I've received some educated guesses regarding the mystery noise in my
> Tiger (and
> a couple Very Funny ones). But, no one wins the cigar yet.
>
> One more important tip: The noise sounded much like a honking goose.
> A rather
> furious one, too.
>
> Keep those cards and letters comin' folks. I'll reveal the answer in
> a couple
> days. (Click and Clack didn't even _respond_ to this one...)
>
> Eddy
>