The 2008 Ford F-150 that made me quit trusting my ears

Back in 2015 at a shop off Route 66 in Tulsa, a customer brought in an F-150 with a knock I swore was a rod bearing, sounded just like the classic death rattle to me. I quoted them $2,400 for a short block rebuild, but the senior guy next to me said to check the flexplate bolts first, and sure enough two of them had backed out a quarter inch. Ever since then I'll spend an extra 20 minutes on the easy stuff before I start tearing down an engine, how many of you got burned early on by a noise that turned out to be something dumb?

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