sounds to me like it the shift linage may have been making metal-to-metal contact with the trans, since shift parts were out of place....and it was transmitting normal trans sounds to the cockpit, and now you've fixed that, thus less noise. ( one check is to see how much metal is on the magnetic drain plug. You don't have to drain the trans to do that really...and some metal there is normal. ) if you want to hear 'nice' transmissions noises while driving.. have someone else drive and put your ear right down on the shift knob.. you'll hear trans noise nicely. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Jensen" <bluesbug@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2011 2:55 PM Subject: Whining Transmission
> I've been having my transmission whine in first, second, and a little > bit in third for a little while now...maybe three or four months. > Today when I was parked, I discovered my linkage had come unbolted at > the transmission. After crawling around for > a little while, getting greasy hands and whatnot, I got the arm bolted > back on to the transmission again. It seems that > the whining of the transmission has lessened quite a bit as a result of > this tightening of that linkage bolt. How does this > make sense. Could it be that I'm just imagining that the whining has > diminished? > > John Jensen > johnjensen@johnjensenartist.com > http://www.johnjensenartist.com > bluesbug@verizon.net |
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