BigRand
15+ Year Contributor
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- Nov 17, 2004
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Toronto,
Ontario_Canada
Okay so here is the deal.
about a month or 2 ago I took my car to a transmission shop to have them put my Southbend clutch in on a warranty job from before since they did the transmission work etc.
Well after it went in and everything, the car experienced a vibration, almost like it was hitting the firewall.
After extensive diagnostics ect. I decided to change my stock rear mount, back to the polyurathene mount. It helped for a day or 2, until I decided to test it in track like conditions at a stop light by practicing my launch. I slipped the clutch around 3500-3700, and it took off like a rocket nothing hitting (just the usualy vibrations from the mounts)
The next day I started driving around again and noticed that this vibration was happening again, I had my friend over at good year throw the car up on a lift and confirmed where exactly the transmission was hitting (pictures to come).
So my questions are
a)What else could be the problem? (I have all stock mounts in other then the rear firewall poly mount)
b)Is there anyway my transmission could have been mounted incorrectly to be close enough to hit the bottom of the firewall.
c) Would a front motor mount (prothane or afx solid mount) fix my problem
d) how close should the transmission be to the firewall
about a month or 2 ago I took my car to a transmission shop to have them put my Southbend clutch in on a warranty job from before since they did the transmission work etc.
Well after it went in and everything, the car experienced a vibration, almost like it was hitting the firewall.
After extensive diagnostics ect. I decided to change my stock rear mount, back to the polyurathene mount. It helped for a day or 2, until I decided to test it in track like conditions at a stop light by practicing my launch. I slipped the clutch around 3500-3700, and it took off like a rocket nothing hitting (just the usualy vibrations from the mounts)
The next day I started driving around again and noticed that this vibration was happening again, I had my friend over at good year throw the car up on a lift and confirmed where exactly the transmission was hitting (pictures to come).
So my questions are
a)What else could be the problem? (I have all stock mounts in other then the rear firewall poly mount)
b)Is there anyway my transmission could have been mounted incorrectly to be close enough to hit the bottom of the firewall.
c) Would a front motor mount (prothane or afx solid mount) fix my problem
d) how close should the transmission be to the firewall