I have a mystery with the transmission on my TR4A. I have just finished a complete frame off restoration on the car and have driven it about 700 miles since then. Today my wife and I were touring with it and after downshifting and turning a corner (not a hard down shift), the tranny started to make a terrible noise. I stopped the car and the noise continued but was definetly tied to engine RPM. This noise stayed even wen in neutral. While driving the noise was heard in all four gears. If I stopped the noise would continue with the clutch in or out. BUT if, while stopped I put the car into gear (with the clutch in of course) the noise would stop.
For what it sounded like. Hard to describe with workds but I will try. It was a clicking type sound. Maybe a better way to describe it is a metalic version of the old playing card held on to your bike fork with a clothes pin and rubbing against the spokes from when we were kids. But again like that but as if all the parts were metal and more subtantial in mass.
The mystery is that as I tried top figure it out. I was drving slow and listening for changes in sound and such depending on gear and speed and such, the sound stopped. I drove home about 10 miles and nothing came back (I know it was a bit dumb to drive it home). Looking under the car there is no sign of anything loose. The car seems to be driving fine now.
Does anyone have an idea what this is. I am worried I will have to tear down a lot of car and maybe not be able to find what it was.
Thanks in advance.
For what it sounded like. Hard to describe with workds but I will try. It was a clicking type sound. Maybe a better way to describe it is a metalic version of the old playing card held on to your bike fork with a clothes pin and rubbing against the spokes from when we were kids. But again like that but as if all the parts were metal and more subtantial in mass.
The mystery is that as I tried top figure it out. I was drving slow and listening for changes in sound and such depending on gear and speed and such, the sound stopped. I drove home about 10 miles and nothing came back (I know it was a bit dumb to drive it home). Looking under the car there is no sign of anything loose. The car seems to be driving fine now.
Does anyone have an idea what this is. I am worried I will have to tear down a lot of car and maybe not be able to find what it was.
Thanks in advance.