Sparks from underneath car???

[nathanstl]

Ok I know I'm not scraping or anything, but whenever I shift hard and have to force the tranny into gear my friend said a shower of sparks will fall from underneath my car. What could this be? I know my clutch needs adjusting because you have to push it all the way to the floor and then its still not fully disengaged. Note: I haven had no fluid leaks at all before and now during this problem. My transmission is supposedly new according to the guy that I bought the car from 2 weeks ago and also my clutch has about 1,000 miles on it. It is a centerforce dual friction with the sprung hub. Please give me some ideas. SHould I drive it? It doesn't spark or do anything weird if I'm easy on it, but when I give it wot and right when I throw it into gear it sparks and the shift is hard and sometimes grinds. Thanks!

 

[nathanstl]

Also , about the same time when all of this started happening was right after I had my turbo back exhaust installed and it does rub against the heat shield when the body flexes and makes all kind of noise, but I didn't think that could cause that many sparks plus my shifting has got harder.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by nathanstl
Ok I know I'm not scraping or anything, but whenever I shift hard and have to force the tranny into gear

My transmission is supposedly new according to the guy that I bought the car from 2 weeks ago

Two weeks into it, hm?

Yet another lumbers off to the DSM graveyard.

Make sure your bell housing bolts aren't loose.

Body flexing? Not on a DSM. Check your engine mounts, and find out what they effed up on the exhaust install. Do you have a flex pipe in there?

 

[nathanstl]

Yes I do have a flex pipe in and the clutch engages fully about .5" from the floor, if that so I don't think it disengaging all the way. It has got worse since the exhaust install, but I'm guessing that's just a coincidence and has nothing to do with the exhaust install. My pedal pressure varies. Even now though if I push it all the way to the floor and I mean all the way into the carpet it will shift smooth, but it's on and off. Like I mentioned earlier whenever I give it gas and shift and miss a gear or grind a little I get sparks from the under side of the car. Also reverse is the worse gear of all. It always grinds going into reverse or it will make a big clunk and the engine jumps when it goes in, then if I don't have the rpms over 2500 when I let off the clutch the car bucks like a horse and makes all kinds of weird bad noises. The only thing the sparks could be coming from is the transmission right? Although I haven't lost any fluid whatsoever. Maybe the engine is really jumping and something is rubbing like a pulley or something. Motor mounts are very old. I'm not giving up on it this quick. I'm going to find out what it is.

 

[nathanstl]

Defiant:
Thanks! You were right. Had a local dsm guy look at it and guess what, three bell housing bolts were not tightened at all!! It fixed everything in the drivetrain from what he says. I can't wait to get it back. Now I can spend the money that I was going to spend on a tranny on more go fast mods. Thanks again!