[Mitch Bunkin in PA]

I hope this helps other novices like me. I found out that a loud, disturbing rattle was caused by a loose battery retainer nut & washer. Just for the heck of it I decided to check all nuts not cotter pinned. To my surprise I found many needed snugging up (i.e.:1 shock to frame nut, most body to frame nuts, all headlight rod to fenders nuts, all water pump to head bolts, most running board support bracket nuts, front floor board to frame screws, all valve cover bolts, oil return pipe bolts, muffler pipe to manifold clamp bolts and one radiator hose clamp). My radiator splash apron screws and hood latch screws were extremely loose. Everything was fine 2000 miles ago & I never realized until today how important it is to check things like this frequently. I hope this helps others who are novices like me.