I was driving last night and all of a sudden, the car would make this clacking/knocking(?) noise as I let off the gas and the noise would slow down as speed/RPM dropped. Shifting into 2nd or 4th gear, I would get a slight vibration in the shifter as I ease it into gear. I pulled over at a friend's house and looked around the transmission area and notice that bolt's kinda sitting on it's ass next to an opening. I put the bolt back into said opening and the noise stop. Before I do anything stupid, is there any significance to said bolt? Is it the opening to the tranny fluid?
-Alex {](O_o)[}1993.5 Toyota Supra....with stuff........sorta broken....1998 Toyota Celica....this one, too, has stuff........broken....yeah...definitely broken....
that looks like the bolt for the tranny ground. nothing that should make the car make any noises.
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QUOTE (presure2 @ Mar 5, 2009 - 11:05 AM)
>that looks like the bolt for the tranny ground. nothing that should make the car make any noises.
It does look like the bolt for the tranny ground. Maybe the noise was coming from the bolt rattling around on the trans and once you put it back in the bolt stopped rattling around thus stopping the sound. Sounds like you did the right thing to me.
-Brad95 GSX: Stock motor, fp3065, corn = 10.9 @ 14006 R6: Strappd and sprocketed = 11.0 @ 12701 a4: daily94 Celica: totaled - someday have another celica thats fast instead of looks cool
I've had this before, you need to have your car lifted up on a hoist and get the engine mounts checked. On my old Celica the engine mount threw out a bolt.
Mike W1996 Toyota Celica ST205 GT-FOURGT2860RS turbine, TiAL mvr44, JE 86.5φ piston, Clutchmasters FX400, APEX P-FC269awhp / 273ft-lbs
