Yeah! You ran over a Yugo!
--- "k, d, j, m, & a miller" <thisoldhouse@libcom.com>
wrote:
> On the way home from a Memorial Day parade,
> my 1970 M35A2 made a few squealing noises,
> like a fan belt slipping, and then a terrible
> grinding
> noise. The squeals lasted about 3 seconds followed
> by about 2 seconds of the grind. I was going
> straight down a level road at about 35 mph. It
> appeared to come from the front of the truck.
>
> I looked over the truck, nothing out of sorts.
>
> I took the truck out for a little drive today with
> no bad sounds.
>
> Thinking the sound came from the front differential,
> I drained the fluid. I got about 5 quarts of foamy,
> tan colored fluid. The magnet on the drain plug had
> about a thimble full of small metal particles. The
> particles were just large enough to feel between my
> finger and thumb. No large pieces or filings.
>
> Has anyone any ideas what the sound could have
> been?
>
> thanks,
>
> kurt
>
>
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