hooziewhatsit Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 86 GL wagon, SPFI, 2WD auto Just got the car running again. When I start it up, there's a horrendous metalic screeching coming from the torque converter area. Fluid levels are fine, etc. When I turn the engine over by hand, I can hear a little scraping at certain points in the rotation from the TC. History: Fixing this car up for a friend. He had a JDM engine put in 10,000 miles ago. Sometime last year sprung a coolant leak and overheated it. Took it to a shop, where they re-did the heads, put it all back together, and got the timing belts on wrong. Needless to say, it ran like crap, so not wanting to spend any more money on it, parked it in a field. At some point he also took the radiator out, and had one of the lines to the trans cooler blocked with a bolt. When he got it back from the shop, besides it running like poo, it didn't make any strange noises. I read a couple threads where people found their TC spinning not quite true; this one looks to spin just fine (if that makes sense). When I put it in gear the idle drops like it should. The car is still on a dolly, otherwise I would maybe try to move it under it's own power. So... any ideas as to what's causing this noise? I have a couple ideas, but will wait to say them to avoid going down the wrong path... Thanks, -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subarian Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Is your neighbor missing a cat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffast Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 i'm sry i was half awake when i posted this third the starter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbone Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 The starter might be dragging. Do you have a spare to try? For those of you that dont have any real insight to add and wish to be a post whore................go play in OT:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbrickell Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I second the starter idea. Something making contact that is not moving, with the flywheel that is. Starter is logical place to look first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooziewhatsit Posted March 8, 2006 Author Share Posted March 8, 2006 ahh, hadn't even thought about the starter. I'll have to play with it tomorrow after my wife gets home from work with the car that has all my tools in it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subarian Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 For those of you that dont have any real insight to add and wish to be a post whore................go play in OT:cool: For those of you who don't have a sense of humor, check my other posts. There's a lot of useful information in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torxxx Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Check the little plate on the bottom of the engine bellhousing. it is held on with two 10 mm bolts. Just unhook the exhaust and unhook the engine mounts and pick up the front of the engine 3 inches with a engine hoist. right at the x-member there will be plate. It will bend up into the teeth on the torq converter and make a nasty noise. I did that last week on my car when I did the clutch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooziewhatsit Posted March 18, 2006 Author Share Posted March 18, 2006 Finally got a break in the weather long enough for the driveway to dry out so I could work on this car Turns out it was that little metal guard below the bellhousing. Somehow it got bent up into the torque converter while it was sitting on a dolley for 6 months. Dropped the exhaust, removed the two engine mount bolts, undid the intake at the air box, removed both rad hoses, and was able to jack the engine up quite a bit actually. You're able to get to the two bolts holding the plate on from either side of the engine on top, and also from the bottom. The plate had obvious scratches in it from where the TC was hitting it. Replaced it with another plate I had laying around. Now an oil change with seafoam to hopefully help get rid of the ticking. Thanks all for the ideas, -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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