David,
I'm glad you found it before it came out of the bellhousing and into your
lap!! I've never heard of that before... scary.
Gerard
At 10:11 PM -0400 4/6/00, DLancer7676@cs.com wrote:
>I don't know whether my last post went through or not--I didn't get a copy in
>my box, so I suspect that it didn't. If I am repeating something you already
>received, my apologies--just be satisfied that you are reading great script
>twice!!! LOL
>
>You remember last weekend I sent a post that my 1500 engine was knocking
>after a hard downshift? I appreciate all the input I received from everyone!
> I have followed most of the leads I received here and everything was solid
>as far as I could determine. So I took the car to Gary Lownsdale's (of the
>list) and we pulled the engine after Gary meticulously listened to the
>running engine and knocking with a mechanic's stethoscope. He determined the
>knocking was coming from BEHIND the #4 cylinder. We took off the clutch and
>lo and behold!!! the flywheel was LOOSE!!! The flywheel bolts were so loose
>I could turn them easily--I mean like floppy.
>
>Inspecting the flywheel, we found it pretty chewed up around the bolt holes,
>and the holes themselves wallowed out. So to my favorite mechanic's garage
>this evening where I bought a used flywheel, 4 bolts, and a new rear seal for
>$35.
>
>I plan to have the flywheel resurfaced before installing it next week. I
>will keep the list informed as to the success of this fix. Thanks again for
>all the input!
>
>By the way--this is the 2nd time I have fixed a floppy loose flywheel in this
>car in a year and a half. Wonder why those dim witted engineers didn't put a
>lock plate on the 1500 flywheel like the 1275 has?
>
>--David C.
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