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GMINI · Feb 19th, 2004, 07:24 PM

OK screw that. The dealer has me waiting til march for the rep to come thru. Like the rattle will be nearly as bad in March's warmer climes - Not likely. So. I pulled the liner inside the sunroof. Wow what i can see in there. No wires but a bungee prepped one for the switch - unlikely noisemaker. I did it in the dark cuz that's when my freetime is.

My question (which will be posted on it's own if not answered here) is what those white plastic screw fasteners screwed up into the metal plate just above the switch housing do. Three of them and i suspect they are creating at least part of the rattle. As far as i can tell they fasten NOTHING. Fill me in please, before i yank then out (they seem not to screw out).

Cheers!

john

edit: yeah. They are likely causing a rattle (finding it's two part this rattle). However they are to fasten the sunroof liner back to the sunroof, so cannot nix them. The second part was addressed by yet more velcro tape under the right deflector.

Feb 19th, 2004, 07:24 PM	#18
GMINI MINI2 Global Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Connecticut Local Time: 12:47 AM Posts: 7,165 Offline	OK screw that. The dealer has me waiting til march for the rep to come thru. Like the rattle will be nearly as bad in March's warmer climes - Not likely. So. I pulled the liner inside the sunroof. Wow what i can see in there. No wires but a bungee prepped one for the switch - unlikely noisemaker. I did it in the dark cuz that's when my freetime is. My question (which will be posted on it's own if not answered here) is what those white plastic screw fasteners screwed up into the metal plate just above the switch housing do. Three of them and i suspect they are creating at least part of the rattle. As far as i can tell they fasten NOTHING. Fill me in please, before i yank then out (they seem not to screw out). Cheers! john edit: yeah. They are likely causing a rattle (finding it's two part this rattle). However they are to fasten the sunroof liner back to the sunroof, so cannot nix them. The second part was addressed by yet more velcro tape under the right deflector. NY/NE Mod Last edited by GMINI : Feb 20th, 2004 at 04:08 PM.