You may recall that T-Hoe had an issue with a clicking/popping noise when the back hatch opened. Farmer H said he had discovered the reason. I figured everything was good. Nope! The next time I opened the hatch, after Farmer H "fixing" the problem by removing a small light bulb left behind by Mick the Mechanic's crew after they replaced a taillight... that noise was still there.
Thursday when we returned from a lunch date with my best ol' ex-teaching buddy Mabel and her husband, Farmer H agreed to stand and listen at T-Hoe's rear while I opened the hatch. He heard the noise. He pinpointed the location. Tried a couple more openings and closings. Then decided the issue was:
The plastic cover of the taillight catching on the side of T-Hoe's hatch.
Farmer H went to get a screwdriver. "There's only two screws holding it on. I guess maybe them guys didn't screw it on tight enough."
Several turns of those two screws, two more openings and closings, and the job was done. No noise when the hatch is raised.
Farmer H can usually solve a mechanical problem. Even if it takes two tries and lots of nagging.
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