Raphiki

I am out of ideas. After the latest leak repair (new drive shaft and yoke - thank you Keisler!) my '70 has developed a new problem - while making a left turn I am getting a noise that sounds like it's coming from the trans. It is so loud that at first I thought it was a tire contacting fiberglass. Checked all the clearances - no problem there. The strange part is that if you put pressure on the shifter, pulling it to the left, the noise lessens or goes away. Any ideas?

Garys 68

yoke contacting the tunnel?

Raphiki

No - I checked clearances around the trans. Nothing near the yoke.

Mako72

Check for broken trans mount or loose bolts at the mount?

Retro78

A shot in the dark. Fan touching shroud now that engine position has shifted a little with new trans.

Raphiki

It looks like the bottom half of my shroud is missing. I'm going to try removing the top half to see if the noise goes away. Since it's only 30 degrees today I don't think overheating will be a problem!

KeislerChris

@Raphiki, have you found anything yet? It sounds like body contact.

Raphiki

unfortunately it's been too cold to get out out of the garage. I did relocate the fan shroud a bit farther from the fan to see if that may have been involved - you know how sound transmits in the these things. I'll let you know. Thanks for following up!

Jim

Raphiki

Despite the cold and wet I took out for a short ride - NO NOISE! Must have been fan on shroud noise funneling up the trans tunnel.

SmokinBBC

One heckava shot in the dark

Raphiki

Nice Shot!

MyRed69

You can raise the hood, set the brake and put the engine under 'load', in gear, ease the clutch out some and see how the engine reacts. That's how I found my noise from a broken motor mount allowing the engine to raise up and the fan hit the shroud.