Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #120
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   From: sji@plaza.ds.adp.com (Steve Ino)
Subject: Bad vibes
   Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 15:47:36 -0500

Thanks to all who responded to my newbie oil filter question. What a great 
list and a friendly bunch of people!

Here's my question. I get an annoying vibration at about 3500-3800 RPM, 
coming from behind the instrument panel (I think). The noise goes away when 
I shift or leave that RPM range. 

I don't think this is the same as the heat shield problem discussed in the 
past, especially since the vibration doesn't always happen. For some weird 
reason, there are times the vibration mysteriously goes away, particularly 
if I've driven the car, parked a while, and then driven off again. (It often 
vibrates on the way to work but doesn't on the way home.)

I'd like to know (1) if anyone else has had this problem and how it was 
solved, and/or (2) how to remove the instrument panel so I can investigate 
for loose wires, etc.

Thanks in advance.

BTW, I have a red '93 A 5-sp.


Steve Ino
Portland, OR
sji@plaza.ds.adp.com