[Shotimes] tranny mount?

[Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com]

I'll try that first.


Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio

-'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
   ShoShop y-pipe

-'95 White MTX
   '96 Brake Upgrade

None of us is as dumb as all of us.



shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 03/19/2003 09:20:53 AM:

> This happens every spring, and chances are it is the ROD 
> shifter box squeeking on the slide mount.  You need to lube 
> it with a spray under the Car.
> 
> This problem sounds something like squeeking a straw in a 
> plastic lid in an empty cup.  Your problem MAY be something 
> else, but I would try lubing this area first.  When you get 
> all the way under the car, you will see what I mean.  Look 
> for the black box that is the ROD shifter mechanism.  ON the 
> sides you will see the slide mechanism that it rides on as 
> the motor moves around.
> 
> Clean this with WD 40 or similar, then coat with a foamy or 
> otherwise clinging thicker spray lube.
> 
> Since this is open to the elements, you will need to do this 
> about once a year.
> 
> Don Mallinson
> 
> Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com wrote:
> > A while ago back, someone was asking about a "rubbery" sound when they
> > shifted in an MTX.  If you are that person, did you figure out what it 

> > was?
> > 
> > Along with this, what are some signs that a tranny mount might be bad?
> > 
> > I'm getting some creaking and moaning from right under the floor under 
the
> > dash.  It seems too far forward to be from the shifter.  I won't get a 

> > chance
> > to get under the car to check it out for a little while.  I'm 
envisioning 
> > the mount
> > as a steel piece with rubber in the middle somehow.  Would I be 
looking 
> > for
> > cracks or breakage in the rubber part or the steel?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > 
> > Mike Wojton
> > Toledo, Ohio
> > 
> > -'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
> >    ShoShop y-pipe
> > 
> > -'95 White MTX
> >    '96 Brake Upgrade
> > 
> > None of us is as dumb as all of us.
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