'90 Convertible Tonneau Cover Rattle

There are manual release levers for the tonneau cover. This allows you to manually pop the cover and raise the convertible top if your battery goes dead (the electric release switch obviously won't work). Frankly, I didn't even know the car had them until I discovered them by accident. They are inside the two storage compartments. An orange release lever is located at the very top of each compartment.

The first thing you'll notice when you find them is how much slop there is. And, how much noise that slop produces, which explains the rattle I often hear. The release levers are bouncing up and down on the release electric solenoids. Easy fix. Open the tonneau cover and look down into the carpeted openings. You'll see the orange manual release levers and the source of the rattle. A little piece of foam between the lever and the solenoid takes care of it.