Had contacted the previous owner of 22 years and he advised me that the anti rattle pads for the windows had never been changed.
Ordered some pads and dove in.
My doors/windows rattled pretty bad.
One of the anti-rattle pads on the driver side had no pad left--just metal. The window rail on the passenger side was loose to the point of almost being disconnected so it really rattled even though the pads were so so.
Removed the interior door panels and located the pads for removal. They are on the top of the door--one at the front of the door and one at the rear. The hardest part was removing them without dropping them into the door. I was successful with removing 3 of them with the help of a telescoping magnet. The fourth one got away from me and I had to go fishing.
Here is the diagram from Ecklers:
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?pf_id=40932&dept_id=1445
Here are the old and new pads for the driver door:
Here is the rear of the driver door and you can see the anti-rattle assembly attached but the pad is completely gone.
Along with replacing the anti-rattle pads, I tightened up all the bolts that hold all the window hardware secure and the doors really quieted down.
It was like taking 30 years off the life of this ole C3
:excited:
Otto
artyon:
Ordered some pads and dove in.
My doors/windows rattled pretty bad.
One of the anti-rattle pads on the driver side had no pad left--just metal. The window rail on the passenger side was loose to the point of almost being disconnected so it really rattled even though the pads were so so.
Removed the interior door panels and located the pads for removal. They are on the top of the door--one at the front of the door and one at the rear. The hardest part was removing them without dropping them into the door. I was successful with removing 3 of them with the help of a telescoping magnet. The fourth one got away from me and I had to go fishing.
Here is the diagram from Ecklers:
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?pf_id=40932&dept_id=1445
Here are the old and new pads for the driver door:

Here is the rear of the driver door and you can see the anti-rattle assembly attached but the pad is completely gone.

Along with replacing the anti-rattle pads, I tightened up all the bolts that hold all the window hardware secure and the doors really quieted down.
It was like taking 30 years off the life of this ole C3
:excited:
Otto