Re: I really want to hear this thing run... BUT!!! Trans noise...?

Posted by HH56 On 2011/7/28 9:12:19

It does sound somewhat metal to metal scraping so would suggest a couple of things. As others have mentioned many times on starting a long forgotten engine, drop the oil pan & clean and check the condition of things--particularly the oil pickup float & screen. A good friend found a mouse hotel in his pan after a long sit and while you may not be as lucky, possibly you can see something scraping. The second thing would be to remove the lower half of bell housing so you can see the flex plate and torque converter rotate while turning. Easy enough done by removing 4 or 5 bolts. You will need to remove it anyway to access the drain plugs so as to properly drain the trans fluid out of the converter when changing fluid.