Hi all. I'm proud to be the owner and restorer (ongoing) of a 75 Mustang II 302 V8. Over the next few months I will be mostly working on the body and accessorizing the look but have some suspension work to tackle first.
Something more imminent and frustrating is a noise I've been getting from what I think to be the flywheel/bellhousing area. I've chewed up 3 starter drive gears over the past 5-6 years and think this is due to an improper spacing between my starter and flywheel.
Recently I had to renew the drive mechanism (again) and noted that, after reinstalling the starter, the noise that has gotten worse. It sounds like a metallic chatter, like running your finger over a comb, but more metallic and much louder. It only seems to occur intermittantly and usually when accelerating from a stop. It does occur during gentle and highway speed acceleration as well.
Because I've replaced so many starter pieces that tend to get chewed up and metal fragments are thrown into the bellhousing, I think the cause is due to junk metal fragments getting caught in something in there. Problem is, I don't know what exists inside this mysterious metal bell shape, obscured by the flywheel from sight. Could there be a piece of metal I missed caught back there? What's behind the flywheel? Is it a sealed case or is there a possibility something could get beyond reach, or even damage something sensitive? If so how do I get it out? It's pretty tight for fingers.
I know I'm just anouther amateur with a desparate cry into the wind. I'm sure you've heard it before and many times. But maybe someone has seen this before or has enough knowledge of this that they could shed some light - and take me one step closer to completion of my project.
Something more imminent and frustrating is a noise I've been getting from what I think to be the flywheel/bellhousing area. I've chewed up 3 starter drive gears over the past 5-6 years and think this is due to an improper spacing between my starter and flywheel.
Recently I had to renew the drive mechanism (again) and noted that, after reinstalling the starter, the noise that has gotten worse. It sounds like a metallic chatter, like running your finger over a comb, but more metallic and much louder. It only seems to occur intermittantly and usually when accelerating from a stop. It does occur during gentle and highway speed acceleration as well.
Because I've replaced so many starter pieces that tend to get chewed up and metal fragments are thrown into the bellhousing, I think the cause is due to junk metal fragments getting caught in something in there. Problem is, I don't know what exists inside this mysterious metal bell shape, obscured by the flywheel from sight. Could there be a piece of metal I missed caught back there? What's behind the flywheel? Is it a sealed case or is there a possibility something could get beyond reach, or even damage something sensitive? If so how do I get it out? It's pretty tight for fingers.
I know I'm just anouther amateur with a desparate cry into the wind. I'm sure you've heard it before and many times. But maybe someone has seen this before or has enough knowledge of this that they could shed some light - and take me one step closer to completion of my project.