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Old May 6, 2012 | 12:45 AM
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vent window whistle

So I was driving the brown truck today (78 F150), and the whistle coming from the passenger vent window was so loud I couldn't hear the radio. When I returned home, I found a nut to stick under the window lock. Solved the problem, but not very...sanitary.

What is a proper fix?
 
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Old May 6, 2012 | 06:25 AM
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Thanks Chief!

Just checked the DC catalog. $65/ea...gonna stay with the nut for a while...
 
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i stacked 2 quarters together to keep mine closed tight. Cost me 50 cents and it works great.
 
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Smile hear that whistle blowing

Back in the seventy's we used match packs,stuck in the seventys
 
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Ghetto, I know, but the rusty brown nut kinda matches the truck!

 

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using the quarter trick ... that'll cost you about a buck-fifty, i'd guess.

looks like the nut gets the nod for a while!
 
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