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Noise coming from trans....help me figure out what it is

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Sep 8, 2003
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Started hearing this clanking noise coming from the trans area yesterday evening. It is only audible at low RPM (idle). When I free rev it, it sounds more like a quick vibration. Converter to flex plate bolts are tight, trans mount is tight. Any ideas?

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So it ended up being the flexplate to converter bolts loosening up. I didn't have my offset box wrench with me at the dyno so it seemed like they were snug even though they weren't. I even red locktited the piss out of them last time and they still loosened up.

Anyone have any good recommendations on how to keep them snug?
 
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