STEV0001@aol.com wrote:
> The symptoms - Two weeks ago had to brake hard and heard a horrible,
> very loud noise from what I thought was under the hood on the passenger
>side.
> The noise sounded like an automatic transmission that had been thrown in
>park
> at 60 mph.
Hold that thought...
> I called the shop and they surmised that the engine mounts were loose
> and the abrupt stop threw the drive train into the radiator and fan. Took
>the
> car to the shop...no sign of the radiator being damaged or breached in any
> way. Wanted to charge me $1600 to change suspension parts "just because."
Good to learn that about them.
> I took the car home and it drove/shifted fine. Today, while driving
> along, I heard the noise while cruising in fourth gear. It only lasted
>about a
> second but was very loud. The car continued to shift and drive fine. I
> later looked under the hood and noticed a chunk out of the transmission bell
> housing, about 1 1/2" in diameter, at about the "10 o'clock" position (as
>you're
> facing the engine from the front - i.e. on the passenger side.)
Aha. The combination of a ratcheting sound combined with a hole in the
bellhousing suggests a foreign object in the bellhousing got wedged
between the ring gear and the casting. Did it get flung out in the last
episode? You'll need to look inside the bellhousing to know for sure.
Disclaimer: like any remote diagnosis, this is only a best guess.
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