Trans in the sedan finally bit the dust today. Hypothetically anyway. It still drives but I don't trust it to go any further than the other side of the parking lot.

I noticed it making a bit more noise last night driving home. This morning driving to work it sounded like I was getting ready to throw a rod.

So I made some videos, then drove it a nervous 18 miles to my friends shop, where my wagon is. So I'm going to combine the two (sort of) and hope Sunday afternoon to drive out with the wagon in working shape.

 

http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r236/CadiLLacPimPin97/Car%20Videos/

 

Frontdiffnoise. I made this a few days ago before it started knocking really bad. Trying to capture the noise the front differential bearings have been making for about 6 months now. Funny, I figured those would go first. If you listen you can hear the mainshaft bearing knocking when I start driving. There's no "video" per se because it was dark and the camera was on the floor for the recording.

 

Transnoise1. This is the sound at idle from under the car. Pretty sure its the mainshaft roller bearing knocking around.

 

Transnoise2. This is the sound inside the car and I stuck the camera out the window to try to pick up the echo from the wall next to the car. Mostly picked up wind noise but you can hear some of the transmission noise as I start off.

 

TransnoiseCE. This video was taken inside the car with the help of a Chassis Ear kit. It uses a transmitter and receiver box to allow you to listen to noises in the suspension, or any other part of the car pretty much, while driving the car. It helps with tracking down noises that can't be duplicated with the car on a lift. This is what it picked up with the transmitter attached to the side of my transmission. It's amplified a little, but no exaggeration. From outside the car this is exactly how it sounds.

Updates on these noises. I disassembled the trans in question and sure enough the mainshaft roller bearing is kaput. There isn't any noticeable play in the bearing but there is a definite click/knock from the bearing when the shaft is spinning.

 

The noise I thought was the differential, is not. That sound is still present after swapping the transmission.

is this the same, burnt valve, car?

 

my friend, you have stuck your finger in the dam to plug a leak and as soon as you plug one, another pops up. i feel your pain. it is too too bad you didn't get lucky and buy a legacy that only needed a timing belt and a tune up.

 

hopefully you are on the verge of being done with repairs for this car. i'm not sure the hours you have in this one will ever pay off.

 

but then again, it has kept you out of the bars and strip joints.

is this the same, burnt valve, car?

 

my friend, you have stuck your finger in the dam to plug a leak and as soon as you plug one, another pops up. i feel your pain. it is too too bad you didn't get lucky and buy a legacy that only needed a timing belt and a tune up.

 

hopefully you are on the verge of being done with repairs for this car. i'm not sure the hours you have in this one will ever pay off.

 

but then again, it has kept you out of the bars and strip joints.

 

No no, this is from my Sedan that I was DD'ing until I got the wagon.

The burntvalvebadheadgasketcorrodedblockdestinedtoalwaysgetthewrongpartswhenIorderthemfromplacesinWAthenIhavetosendthembackandwait2weeks Wagon is an automagic.

Roflmao!