CJD
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Alright, here is a chance to test everybody's diagnostic skills. The TR2 has started making a noise. This will be a contest to see who gets the problem first. I'll start by saying I currently have no idea what the noise is, so I can't play favorites, even if I wanted to. And I don't plan to work on it until the temperatures come down below the 100+ here in Texas, so the symptoms and checks you recommend will come to you real time as I am able to work past the heat wave.
In the mean time, let's see who can hit the problem. To make it interesting, the winner gets to pic a free part from my TR2/3 collection! So, here goes:
First, the car drives and feels absolutely perfect. It runs, cruises, and stops just like a new TR2 should.
Last week it began making a dull grinding noise when starting from a stop in 1st gear. It just happened all of a sudden...one second didn't make the noise...the next it made it at every start in 1st gear.
It only does it after the engine warms. It does not do it for the first mile following a cold start.
Once it starts doing it, it will do it at every start. It is a gravelly, grindy sort of an inconsistent noise, like something is dragging. It lasts until about 5 mph, and then quits.
It never makes the noise in 3/4 gears. Occasionally you can barely make it out in second...but only rarely. It also makes it sometimes in reverse...so only a low range noise.
I can duplicate it at will by stopping and starting. While doing this and hanging my head out the door like Momma said not to, it seems to come from between the rear of the engine and front of the axle. That's as close as I can pin-point it.
It doesn't make any noise if I just operate the clutch without putting the car in gear.
That's the initial symptoms...I'll check/test anything you guys recommend and report the results here.
Good Luck!
In the mean time, let's see who can hit the problem. To make it interesting, the winner gets to pic a free part from my TR2/3 collection! So, here goes:
First, the car drives and feels absolutely perfect. It runs, cruises, and stops just like a new TR2 should.
Last week it began making a dull grinding noise when starting from a stop in 1st gear. It just happened all of a sudden...one second didn't make the noise...the next it made it at every start in 1st gear.
It only does it after the engine warms. It does not do it for the first mile following a cold start.
Once it starts doing it, it will do it at every start. It is a gravelly, grindy sort of an inconsistent noise, like something is dragging. It lasts until about 5 mph, and then quits.
It never makes the noise in 3/4 gears. Occasionally you can barely make it out in second...but only rarely. It also makes it sometimes in reverse...so only a low range noise.
I can duplicate it at will by stopping and starting. While doing this and hanging my head out the door like Momma said not to, it seems to come from between the rear of the engine and front of the axle. That's as close as I can pin-point it.
It doesn't make any noise if I just operate the clutch without putting the car in gear.
That's the initial symptoms...I'll check/test anything you guys recommend and report the results here.
Good Luck!