Hi All. Posted this on one other thread today too.
Have a rattling noise while engine is cold. Assuming it was most likely the HB, i followed a step by step and got down to the HB. Started the engine to see if the noise went away with belt off but noise was still there (with only HB turning). Does this still point to the HB being shot? Visually looks ok and not seeing any noticeable wobble. The sound when cold is like a rattling clanking sound. Seems to go away 75% or so once warmed up. Don't want to damage it by continuing to drive it so i'm just taking the opportunity to do some other work on it while i'm troubleshooting the noise.
Thanks for any input/advice. Really grateful for this forum! My '06 liberty crd has 240K on it and otherwise still runs like a happy little tank. Need to do the fuel pump mod as i occasionally have air in line issues but otherwise i'm almost at 10 years with this beast and grateful for it. Couldn't have made it this far without this forum and ya'll!
-Bill