Here's the situation
This past week, prior to drag racing,I started getting a clicking noise. coming from the drive train.
I do not hear noise when in park or neutral. The noise is very apparent in reverse or drive. My foot is on the brake, and the car is not moving in any event Seeing as the car is not moving, I would think that helps eliminate a few things. When the brake is released and the vehicle goes forward or reverse, the noise continues. It is not there when slipped into neutral when the vehicle is moving. It seems to be getting louder over the past few drives. It is now sitting.
I was thinking maybe one the the fins in the converter is nicking something, as the output side of the tranny is not moving, so by my limited logic it has to be on the input side of things. If it was the output side, the car would have to be moving., The sound seems related to, but not exactly in synch with engine speed, seems to lag slightly. Kind of makes me think torque converter. issues.
The other concern is premature shifting. Hey, I know, the older we get the more premature our "shift" gets. When you stomp on the gas pedal it does not want to wind up before shifting. It wants second gear by 2000-2400rpm. Maybe a TV cable adjustment? (tighter or looser?)
The tranny is heavily rebuilt. Similar to Bruce Jenner in that not all the original parts are there. MY tranny has been modded with Transgo high perf kits, beast sunshell, Vette servos and 4L65 input and output planetary clusters. I don't know about Bruce had put in, but I have a pretty good idea of what parts he had taken out.
Any thoughts or ideas, or clarification that you can offer, on the transmission, not on Bruce, would be graciously accepted.
Dave Buchholz
Rochester NY