Well, a few of us front rangers got together last night for some brew
and food. It was nice to see familar faces in a strange place. After
chow, Lawrence had some things to take care of, but Jean and I decided
to take the TR6 for a bit of a spin into the mountains.
I was pushing it a little bit, but not hard enough for what happened.
About 3/4 the way up, I heard a kid running a stick down a picket
fence. Unfortunatly, there was no picket fence. The clacking was
comming from the trans. I think. The car vibrated, and so, it was
time to turn around.
I drove the car in the parking lot where Jean's B was parked. Jean
seemed to think the sound was orgininated from the front part of the
car, which is yet another sign of trans yuck.
On the plains, the car would clack in first gear, less in second, less
in third and seemed somewhat happy in fourth. Now, this does sound
like a ujoint problem, and I pray that it is... But I have my
doubts... Firstly, I replaced all the u-joints before I left. Of
course that was almost 2000 miles ago, but that's no big deal for a
ujoint. Secondly, I was having problems shifting the car into first
gear before I started this adventure, AND the gearbox was a bit noisy
when using engine braking. I assumed that this was due to a worn
output bearing but it seemed to be working, until last night.
Anyway, I have a date with a lift this afternoon, where Lawrence and I
will find out exactly what is what. I have called TRF, as they are
the only place I know that sells a remanufactured gearbox and I had
them hold the one unit they have till I find out what is what.
Dean and I both had used this redline MT90 gearoil in our boxes.
Humm... *naw* I think I would use redline again. I'm sure GL4 fluid
is right for the TR6 box...
Still, maybe it's a ujoint. I hope so, or I will be in good shape
biking everywhere as it will take over a week to deliver the new
trans!
Sigh,
-Scotty
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