I have been living with an annoying rattle/clicking/mild rumbling which seemed to be coming from under the dash. Sort of like a speedometer or speedometer cable. After driving the car to work for 2 days, 70miles round trip at highway speeds (well 55 mph with this car), it got noticably worse. I also noticed that it mostly stopped when I had my foot on the brake and stopped completely if I pushing in the clutch. Long story short, the clutch linkage has this part, don't know what it's called but its a pivot with a ball joint at one end and a heavy rubber bushing on the other. Turns out the bushing mostly disintegrated and the ball joint was lubricated with dirt.
Since I didn't have the bushing or seal for the ball joint I made some using a fuel hose wrapped in a piece of rubber from an inner tube for a bushing, and a piece of shower stall liner melted into shape for a seal for the ball joint. Probably not a long lasting fix but it should be fine for a while. It seems to work just fine right now...
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