Yay, it's done for now .
These little weird problems are why no one wants to work on older vehicles ~ it takes a day or two to exceed the vehicle's dollar value .
On the other hand, I love sorting out weird problems as they are teaching moments .
My neighbor had a really clean 1971 Chevy 1/2 ton G - van he'd bought new, the sliding side door was rattling badly and hard to close, I told him if he didn't fix it soon it'd fall off, and sure enough ! .
I asked him if he wanted to fix it and he said no, I'll get $800 scrap value for it.....
Sad IMO as it ran *perfectly* and didn't require smog testing, the cloth interior was still pretty good .
Most of the time I'm like the old Studebaker guys : I'd rather fix than switch
