01-15-2016, 02:55 PM
Replaced the driver's puddle light and trunk light assemblies, both of which broke when I tried to replace the bulbs.
Also swapped in new motor and trans mounts. One motor mount looked not great and the transmission mounts were pretty squished, but didn’t really notice much of a difference afterwards.![[Image: IMG_2987_zpsdiysaihh.jpg]](http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f354/huntwc/e39/IMG_2987_zpsdiysaihh.jpg)
And apparently there's a PS leak on that black driver's side mount there.
I also replaced the Redline MTF that was in there with the OE MTF LT-2 stuff, which means the garage floor got a nice cleaning, too. Car shifted just fine before, very occasionally needing an extra nudge to get out of a gear (like it happened a handful of times). Hasn’t happened since, so maybe it likes the OE fluid more.
So…car is running like a champ and there aren’t any shifting issues. However, if one were to entertain my imaginative automotive-noise-paranoia…troubleshooting a noise over the internet is always fun. There’s a slight “flutter” type noise that’s consistent with engine speed in any gear except 5th (not there in neutral or with the clutch in) - both acceleration and deceleration, not constant cruising. It’s very light - if it happened in 5th, I wouldn’t think anything of it, and it’d just seem like a normal sound for the car. 5th is noticeably quieter and it'd be nice if all gears were like that. I took the shift boots (both leather and the rubber chassis one, it's surprising how much noise/heat they block out) to get a better listen. Even took some video but don't really feel like editing it together at the moment. Oh and it doesn't really happen with the rear wheels in the air - so it needs the resistance of the road.
Anyway, I know next to nothing about transmissions and hope to keep it that way. Since 5th is the 1:1 gear, is it possible that it goes straight through and 1,2,3,4,6 are on a different shaft (google turned up the term “layshaft”) that maybe rattles a bit more?
Funny thing is that I don’t know if the car did it when I got it. I only noticed after not driving the car for a couple weeks (this was months ago) and taking it out on a cold morning with the windows up. Before that, I very well may have had the windows down 90% of the time and wouldn’t have heard it. Hasn't gotten louder, hasn't gotten worse.
Car drives fine and I don’t plan on doing anything about it…just sorta interesting.
Also swapped in new motor and trans mounts. One motor mount looked not great and the transmission mounts were pretty squished, but didn’t really notice much of a difference afterwards.
And apparently there's a PS leak on that black driver's side mount there.
I also replaced the Redline MTF that was in there with the OE MTF LT-2 stuff, which means the garage floor got a nice cleaning, too. Car shifted just fine before, very occasionally needing an extra nudge to get out of a gear (like it happened a handful of times). Hasn’t happened since, so maybe it likes the OE fluid more.
So…car is running like a champ and there aren’t any shifting issues. However, if one were to entertain my imaginative automotive-noise-paranoia…troubleshooting a noise over the internet is always fun. There’s a slight “flutter” type noise that’s consistent with engine speed in any gear except 5th (not there in neutral or with the clutch in) - both acceleration and deceleration, not constant cruising. It’s very light - if it happened in 5th, I wouldn’t think anything of it, and it’d just seem like a normal sound for the car. 5th is noticeably quieter and it'd be nice if all gears were like that. I took the shift boots (both leather and the rubber chassis one, it's surprising how much noise/heat they block out) to get a better listen. Even took some video but don't really feel like editing it together at the moment. Oh and it doesn't really happen with the rear wheels in the air - so it needs the resistance of the road.
Anyway, I know next to nothing about transmissions and hope to keep it that way. Since 5th is the 1:1 gear, is it possible that it goes straight through and 1,2,3,4,6 are on a different shaft (google turned up the term “layshaft”) that maybe rattles a bit more?
Funny thing is that I don’t know if the car did it when I got it. I only noticed after not driving the car for a couple weeks (this was months ago) and taking it out on a cold morning with the windows up. Before that, I very well may have had the windows down 90% of the time and wouldn’t have heard it. Hasn't gotten louder, hasn't gotten worse.
Car drives fine and I don’t plan on doing anything about it…just sorta interesting.
2001 M5
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3
2016 M3
2014 Grand Cherokee
Been had: 1984 318i | 2003 S2000 | 1990 330is | 2005 STi | 2005 M3