Very irritating rattle - ideas?

Cant you just turn the radio up? :hidesbehindsofa: sorry, I'll get my coat..................

Difficult wihtout hearing the noise but could it be loose baffles in the exhaust? Mike

Bash plate on the cat coming loose , needs welding, used to drive me insane till i found out what it was:hissyfit:

Couldn't be anything inside the door sill could it??

Thanks everyone - some good ideas there to be working on. I had eliminated the wishbone/crossmember possibility. There was a slight knocking there as well, but I have just fixed that and replaced all the bushes and checked the chassis bolts. Gearlever carrier - yes, been there some time ago. Cured with new engine mounts, and centralising the gearbox mounting by altering the mounting hole slightly. Cat - wrong side, nothing external rattling, makes no noise on jiggling or hitting it. Baffle in rear silencer. A possibility, but a bit far back. That's my nearly new stainless steel one from the Club supplier. I think, but can't be sure, that the noise was there before. However I can't make it rattle by jiggling the exhaust. Something in the left hand cill is a possibility - it's the right location for the apparent sound. It's hard to picture what could rattle on small bumps but be silent on big, and why it's worse when cold when the Waxoyl is presumably stickiest. But I'll take the seat belt mounting off and have a look. Failing that I suppose I could try temporarily unbolting the shock absorber. Oh yes - not wheel bearings either.

Well, eliminated everything now, and it's still there. The puzzling thing is it rattles on the tiniest road imperfection, but won't do it when bouncing the car stationary. Perhaps that suggests it's something in the unsprung weight, perhaps a part of the brake shoe linkage. Yet it sounds higher up than that, and nearer the rear door pillar area. Maybe it will get worse and then become obvious, or something will fall off!

Not something that's got under the rear seat base and rattling on the metal of the floor where there is no insulation? Just a thought. Best of luck solving it - I know how annoying these tend to be! Regards