[TR] Transmission noise - TR3A w/Overdrive

Dean Tetterton tr3a58 at verizon.net
Fri May 23 12:48:36 MDT 2014


Sounds like a chipped tooth or missing tooth on first gear. Common on a
non-synchro
gear box. Might also make the noise in reverse.

Dean T.


On May 23, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Perry Hammock wrote:

> well, tuesday night, after a stinging Pacers loss, I was driving home.
> Stopped at a corner, made a right turn in 1st gear and got a noise like th
> gearbox equivalent of the card in the spokes.  Soon as i shifted to second,
> no noise. Nor 3rd or 4th.  Bur every time in 1st, the noise is constant,
> tied to speed, and sounds like you had something hitting against gear
> teeth.  Pretty loudly, not to be ignored. But constant, consistent, not
> like something loose randomly bouncing around in the case.
> Drat.  THis  is a big driving weekend.  I am hoping to find something minor
> ( please God) when I take the top cover off tomorrow morning and start
> poking around.  Any BTDT in the forum crowd?
>
> Thanks in advance for your creative wisdom
>
> Perry Hammock
> 1960 TR3A
>
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