rattling/knocking tranny???

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 16, 07 10:00 pm

after beding stood for 10 years, we got the engine rebuilt and bk in, and running real good, but we'v got a bad rattling/knoking sound coming from the gear box, we'r gunna run it up the road tomorrow night through the gears and see wot happens, or is it just Bananarama!???

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Thu Aug 16, 07 10:06 pm

have you tightened the flex plate bolts to engine, torque converter bolts to flex plate, has it got the trans lower shield could the converter bolt heads be hitting it, its quite common

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Aug 16, 07 10:19 pm

cheers dunc, that was a thought, we'll get it up in the air tomorrow and double chek it all befor the run.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Aug 17, 07 9:04 am

The flex plate bolts are special hardened bolts with a flatter head than normal. If you have used normal bolts on the convertor that will hit the block.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri Aug 17, 07 5:41 pm

Cannonball wrote: has it got the trans lower shield could the converter bolt heads be hitting it, its quite common

Yep, drives you bloody crackers trying to reshape to avoid it too...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Aug 17, 07 8:50 pm

well just had the charger outside on the ramps and got the old stethascope out and at its loudest point the noise is at the inspection plate on the trans so its bk in the carport and we'r gunna drop the sarter whip the plate off and try it without, did check all flex plat bolts they are the shallow head bolts and all were tight let you no wot happens in a couple off hour

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Fri Aug 17, 07 9:26 pm

Didn't make any difference with ours. We used the same bolts and the same bell housing cover and it only started after we put it back together.

Didn't seem to matter how much we bashed it about with the old all-purpose-multi-tool ('Ammer) just couldn't stop them fouling. You could clearly see the scuff marks every time. Ended up cutting the centre section out of the plate to shut the damn thing up.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Aug 17, 07 9:29 pm

Had the same on Julie's 62 Dart/ 2 Convertor covers, looked exactly the same - one rubbed, one didn't; you can guess which one I fitted first

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Aug 17, 07 10:51 pm

lol yup top edge of the cover has two major rub marks nearly half way through the sheet i just suggested to me dad what youve done stu, we'r getting the grinder out now to Bananarama! the naighbers off

latil · Post by **latil** » Fri Aug 17, 07 10:57 pm

Leave it off,it doesn't do a lot.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Aug 17, 07 11:07 pm

yea mine aint on me scamp still in the box of bits i got with it lol.

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Mon Aug 20, 07 3:48 pm

Just swapped the engine again this weekend (TWICE!!!

DON'T ASK!!!

) and tried to fit a new plate. Guess whet happened.....

We are now running without one at all.

Actually, no we're not. We're not bloody running at all...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Aug 20, 07 7:12 pm

lmao sorry to here that, yeh we cut ours put it bk on and it done it again so i ripped it off stamped on it and then binned it problem solved

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Tue Aug 21, 07 11:58 am