Girault,
Have you checked the transmission cluster shaft bearings? Just drain
the fluid (after making sure you can get the fill plug out), remove the
pan and see if the cluster gear can be moved up and down and/or sideways
(not along the shaft, but sideways of the car). If it moves, the
bearings and probably the shaft need to be replaced.
You can either get a trans pan gasket, or some cork gasket material and
make your own gasket to use when you put the pan back on. Don't over
tighten the bolts, the tighter the bolts, the more it will leak.
Peace,
Pat
girault@bellsouth.net wrote:
>Well, I just spent a lot of time swapping out my u-joints and that didn't cure
>the problem - a loud slapping, clanking noise coming from under the car (1970
>SPL 311), but only when I have the drive train under no pressure. It will
>stop when I accelerate, slow down, or mash the clutch. And since it sounds
>like the car is coming apart, I usually mash the clutch as soon as it
>clatters. It doesn't matter what gear it's in. It doesn't do it often - in
>fact, it's hard to make it happen, but it just did it three times on my way
>back from town. So that leaves the differential. Are these symptoms typical
>of a differential gear going bad? Thanks, Girault Jones
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