Wing vent window whistle turns out to be mirror

[jeffahart]

I've been chasing down rattles in my truck trying to get it buttoned down. I had a nasty rattle coming from the passenger door. I finally discovered it was the glass in the side tripod mirror. At the right frequency it really rattled bad. I removed the glass and put some adhesive on the back; but I broke the glass on trying to get it installed. So, I bought some LMC stainless tripod mirrors for both sided. Installed, look great, blah blah and fast forward.
I’m driving, with my new mirrors, and it seemed my Wing Vent Window was whistling worse than normal. I did my usual fiddling with it, with the usual no results in the whistle. My vent window rubber is 50 years old! Then I got to thinking… I just replaced that mirror, and I don’t like a coincidence. So I took the mirror off. Whistle gone! Put the mirror back on, whistle back. It’s always whistled a bit worse in a cross wind too(another classic Vent wing Blame).

Been blaming the wing vent for years. The Mirror whistles, go figure!
The good news, I won’t be rassling Vent wing rubber anytime soon. And after 50 years, it seals good and is holding up(knock on wood). I'll go ahead and live the the whistle a few more years now!


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