Well time to rant about a problem I am having with my GT or potential problem...
My 2003 GT 5 speed with the Tremec 3650 transmission has a strange noise coming from my transmission/clutch it sounds like the dreaded TOB squeaking sound. The car has had the noise though ever since I bought it with 68,000 miles on it, the car now has 107,000 miles on it. The thing about it is that it has gotten progressively worse sounding about a week ago. The sound would go away when I would rest my foot on the clutch pedal sightly when in neutral before so I never worried about it. My reasoning was that after seeing as most of the members have had issues with the tob on these cars since they were new I didnt worry about it bc mine shifted fine when I ran it hard and just drove it normally.
Anyways the noise has gotten worse than what it used to be about a week ago. To get everyone up to speed it has been raining nonstop down here in Houston for the past two weeks, and I had to drive through my neighborhood streets that had some standing water on them. After I drove through some of the streets to get home my squeaking TOB has gotten waaay worse. (Btw I didn't speed through the flooded streets, I went slow and tried to avoid streets that were badly flooded, the last one I couldn't avoid to get home, and the water was 4in away from the rocker panel when I opened the door to look
Before this issue the cars tob used to squeak when I didn't rest my foot on the clutch pedal slightly, now it squeaks like crazy when I engage the clutch and when it is sitting in neutral with my foot resting on the clutch pedal only when the motor and transmission are dead cold, so the first start up of the day it squeaks like mad with the pedal engaged and in neutral with my foot resting on it. Also when I get up to 20mph in my neighborhood it makes the same noise as the TOB but it sounds like it gets worse with increased speed, this is also when I first drive it in the day. When I gassed it to speed up quickly today it went away and didn't do it again this morning. Tomorrow I am going to see if it does it again. When the car is warmed up and driven around it wont squeak when I rest my foot on the clutch pedal at stops as I have always done.
Now I'm pretty sure that my stock TOB is toast and is about to give out on me, but I really don't know what to do. The car drives fine and shifts great, it never grinds any gears at all, and the clutch is easy to operate. Did the water have a role in making it worse or is it just time to replace it? Btw I DD my Mustang and I drive spiritedly. I don't drop the clutch a lot or power shift also btw. I'm going to drive it as long as I can, because I need to save up some money to do a new clutch/flywheel swap before college starts this year.
Anyways some clutch suggestions to go with, predictions on how long the clutch/tob will last, and some explanations to help me understand the issue will be greatly appreciated!.
Thanks guys.
My 2003 GT 5 speed with the Tremec 3650 transmission has a strange noise coming from my transmission/clutch it sounds like the dreaded TOB squeaking sound. The car has had the noise though ever since I bought it with 68,000 miles on it, the car now has 107,000 miles on it. The thing about it is that it has gotten progressively worse sounding about a week ago. The sound would go away when I would rest my foot on the clutch pedal sightly when in neutral before so I never worried about it. My reasoning was that after seeing as most of the members have had issues with the tob on these cars since they were new I didnt worry about it bc mine shifted fine when I ran it hard and just drove it normally.
Anyways the noise has gotten worse than what it used to be about a week ago. To get everyone up to speed it has been raining nonstop down here in Houston for the past two weeks, and I had to drive through my neighborhood streets that had some standing water on them. After I drove through some of the streets to get home my squeaking TOB has gotten waaay worse. (Btw I didn't speed through the flooded streets, I went slow and tried to avoid streets that were badly flooded, the last one I couldn't avoid to get home, and the water was 4in away from the rocker panel when I opened the door to look
Before this issue the cars tob used to squeak when I didn't rest my foot on the clutch pedal slightly, now it squeaks like crazy when I engage the clutch and when it is sitting in neutral with my foot resting on the clutch pedal only when the motor and transmission are dead cold, so the first start up of the day it squeaks like mad with the pedal engaged and in neutral with my foot resting on it. Also when I get up to 20mph in my neighborhood it makes the same noise as the TOB but it sounds like it gets worse with increased speed, this is also when I first drive it in the day. When I gassed it to speed up quickly today it went away and didn't do it again this morning. Tomorrow I am going to see if it does it again. When the car is warmed up and driven around it wont squeak when I rest my foot on the clutch pedal at stops as I have always done.
Now I'm pretty sure that my stock TOB is toast and is about to give out on me, but I really don't know what to do. The car drives fine and shifts great, it never grinds any gears at all, and the clutch is easy to operate. Did the water have a role in making it worse or is it just time to replace it? Btw I DD my Mustang and I drive spiritedly. I don't drop the clutch a lot or power shift also btw. I'm going to drive it as long as I can, because I need to save up some money to do a new clutch/flywheel swap before college starts this year.
Anyways some clutch suggestions to go with, predictions on how long the clutch/tob will last, and some explanations to help me understand the issue will be greatly appreciated!.
Thanks guys.