[Spridgets] Metal contact sound through trans tunnel

[Hal Faulkner]

Mark,
Can you get us a better description of the sound?  Is it at wheel speed?  A
tick-tick-tick?  Where does it appear to be coming from?
Hal


On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Mark Haynes <haynes386 at netzero.net> wrote:

> As some of you may remember, I lost the first gear in the ribcase on the
> MKII
> just before Elkhart Lake. I bought a used one and had to rebuild that one
> as
> well (Thanks to Gerard, Ed and Peter C that is). Now the trans shifts super
> smooth (all new internal wear parts), but after the trans wams up, I get
> what
> sounds and feels like a metal on metal contact that comes and goes under
> load
> ONLY in third and fourth.I've looked down the tunnel, and there's nothing
> within 2" of the tunnel itself (kind of thought that it might be the
> zerc). So
> there's nothing near the tunnel to make contact, the only other thing that
> I
> can think of is the starter (Isuzu GR type) which sits very close to the
> passenger's foot well. but why just in 3 and 4, when I push everything
> harder
> in 1 & 2?BTW, all mounts are new, all mounts are tightly bolted down.Open
> to
> any suggestions, it runs very well, except for this which just makes me
> think
> I'm going to damage something (Again) when it occurs.
>
>
> Mark Haynes
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