Grinding noise while in 1st

[BlackTopPat]

hey my friend just bought a 93 talon es and he showed it to me today and let me drive it. well when i first started out i noticed that his clutch wouldnt start to grab untill it was almost all the way up like 75%, is this bad? mine grabs 1 inch off the floor, then when it does grab its sounds like a metal grinding nosie that is only present while the clutch is out, when i push the clutch in it goes away, also just so u know his 4th is pretty much gone too? so is it the clutch or tranny what do you guys think?

 

[Terrorize]

clutch is probably bad or it may be improperly adjusted, but i dont think that is the case, the tranny is also bad if he has no 4th gear and it may be the first gear synchros which cause the grinding noise

 

[Defiant]

The grinding car (is that yours or his?) may be out of clutch.

A clutch should engage a fair distant from the floor. At the floor, the friction disk is getting thin.

 

[BlackTopPat]

his car! not my , but when i start out in first its a whole different kind of metal rubbing or grinding sound then when i try to shift it to 4th its like a garbage disposal.