Mark

Has anyone heard of an OEM Spare Wheel Carrier for R50s? I have an LPG tank under the back & may want to take the spare off the roof someday... So far my search for an aftermarket one hasn't produced one that I like (or can easily afford)

Hey STATIKUZ, Did you ever find out what was causing your problem? I'm becoming 99% convinced that mine lies in my Cats. I reckon that the honeycomb is just about buggered and it's vibrating at a certain resonating frequency. The cats are 8 years old, so if I'm wrong, I won't feel too bad about replacing them anyway. If I'm wrong, then my next suspect is my exhaust manifolds. I'm getting a sluggish "flat spot in the carbie" kind of feeling in the gas pedal when the rattle kicks in. I'll let you know how I go. Otherwise I'm still open to suggestions. Cheers

:furious: I'm having this EXACT same problem at the moment with my '96 Ti (Australian name for LE). I got 3.3 V6. I've only had car for 2 months so don't know how long this has been happening before I got it. Sorry I don't have an answer but I do have some observations which might narrow things down a bit... 1) Mine 'rattle' is (irritatingly) audible from 1300-1500 (ish) RPM in all gears. Less noticable in Park or Neutral. 2) I originally thought it was heat shielding but me and my mechanic friend stripped or tightened the shields with no difference. 3) Fuel's not the issue. I have dual-fuel. A 65-litre tank for Premium AND a 65-litre tank for Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG). The noise is there whichever one I'm running on at the time. 4) Not detonation. Timing on a dual-fuel car's always tricky but mine's just been done. Besides, I know what detonation feels/sounds like. 5) Because it happens at rev range where gear shift often happens, I'm getting spooked that it may be related to my tranny or T-C, but it's only noise. It 'feels' sweet. I'm 90% sure it's in the exhaust. 6) I even thought it may be the honeycomb inside the cats, broken and rattling at the right harmonic freq (1300-1500 RPM) but the cats were checked and are fine. I'm tempted to go new exhaust (headers etc) but it's a big investment and I'd like to know before I spend if it will fix the problem. I hope my information is helpful and if anyone gets a good result, please post it. :sniff:

I'm vexed. I've got a '96 Pathy with an LPG tank where the spare tyre used to live. The spare tyre is in a custom-made storage unit inside the trunk. I've also got provision to carry a second spare in the cargo rack on the roof. I'd like to remove the one from the trunk and mount it on a carrier, but there's a problem: I want a spare wheel carrier that: 1) stores the wheel over the centre of the tailgate; 2) allows the flipper glass to open without moving the spare; and, 3) doesn't require replacment of my original bumber or towpack. Having looked around a lot. I can't find any manufacturer with such a product. If anybody knows of one, could they tell me the brand etc... If it comes to it, I can fabricate one myself, but I want to be sure that I can't get one "off the shelf" first.