On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:34:03 -0500, "Peter Pontbriand"
<sprocket.who.hates.spam@storm.ca> wrote:

>I'd be tearing it apart too, if I had a heated garage and a tranny jack.
>That's going to have to wait for spring I guess.
>
>/Peter
>
>"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
>news:d3Lwd.379$2_4.184@okepread06...
>> Peter Pontbriand did pass the time by typing:
>> > When it happened, the clutch pedal did go to the floor, yet there's no
>leaks
>> > and everything with the clutch action has gone back to normal of its own
>> > accord. Only the odd sounds/vibrations remain.
>>
>> Just my 2c, but I'd be tearing it apart to look.
>>
>> --
>> DougW

No ----!
Definitly sounds like something loose is floating around in there.
Sooner or later it'll get jammed somewhere and something really costly
will break.
Of course, it'll wait until after the warranty's out to do this.

--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2

 

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:34:03 -0500, "Peter Pontbriand"
<sprocket.who.hates.spam@storm.ca> wrote:

>I'd be tearing it apart too, if I had a heated garage and a tranny jack.
>That's going to have to wait for spring I guess.
>
>/Peter
>
>"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
>news:d3Lwd.379$2_4.184@okepread06...
>> Peter Pontbriand did pass the time by typing:
>> > When it happened, the clutch pedal did go to the floor, yet there's no
>leaks
>> > and everything with the clutch action has gone back to normal of its own
>> > accord. Only the odd sounds/vibrations remain.
>>
>> Just my 2c, but I'd be tearing it apart to look.
>>
>> --
>> DougW

No ----!
Definitly sounds like something loose is floating around in there.
Sooner or later it'll get jammed somewhere and something really costly
will break.
Of course, it'll wait until after the warranty's out to do this.

--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2

 

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:34:03 -0500, "Peter Pontbriand"
<sprocket.who.hates.spam@storm.ca> wrote:

>I'd be tearing it apart too, if I had a heated garage and a tranny jack.
>That's going to have to wait for spring I guess.
>
>/Peter
>
>"DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message
>news:d3Lwd.379$2_4.184@okepread06...
>> Peter Pontbriand did pass the time by typing:
>> > When it happened, the clutch pedal did go to the floor, yet there's no
>leaks
>> > and everything with the clutch action has gone back to normal of its own
>> > accord. Only the odd sounds/vibrations remain.
>>
>> Just my 2c, but I'd be tearing it apart to look.
>>
>> --
>> DougW

No ----!
Definitly sounds like something loose is floating around in there.
Sooner or later it'll get jammed somewhere and something really costly
will break.
Of course, it'll wait until after the warranty's out to do this.

--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2

 

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:32:51 -0500, "Peter Pontbriand"
<sprocket.who.hates.spam@storm.ca> wrote:

>Would an air lock just magically disappear? And no, the dealer claims to
>have heard nothing unusual. I suspect they didn't drive it enough to
>experience the "thunk thunk thunk" business, since it only does that when
>fully warmed up.
>
>The NV3550 is known to be a noisy transmission. Mine always has been noisy
>when idling in neutral. What's changed recently is that now it makes the
>same noise when coasting in gear with the clutch pedal depressed, perhaps
>even louder. It didn't do that for the three years I've owned it and now
>it's just started. New sounds make me think _something_ is wrong, but it
>seems the dealer does not concur.
>

I'd drive it until it's making the noise, take it to the dealer, and
ask the service manager to go for a ride with me.
Don't even shut it off in the service drive.
That's probably the only way you'll get them to hear it. Warranty
doesn't pay the tech much(read 0$)to test drive, so most of them are
short.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2

 

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:32:51 -0500, "Peter Pontbriand"
<sprocket.who.hates.spam@storm.ca> wrote:

>Would an air lock just magically disappear? And no, the dealer claims to
>have heard nothing unusual. I suspect they didn't drive it enough to
>experience the "thunk thunk thunk" business, since it only does that when
>fully warmed up.
>
>The NV3550 is known to be a noisy transmission. Mine always has been noisy
>when idling in neutral. What's changed recently is that now it makes the
>same noise when coasting in gear with the clutch pedal depressed, perhaps
>even louder. It didn't do that for the three years I've owned it and now
>it's just started. New sounds make me think _something_ is wrong, but it
>seems the dealer does not concur.
>

I'd drive it until it's making the noise, take it to the dealer, and
ask the service manager to go for a ride with me.
Don't even shut it off in the service drive.
That's probably the only way you'll get them to hear it. Warranty
doesn't pay the tech much(read 0$)to test drive, so most of them are
short.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2

 

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:32:51 -0500, "Peter Pontbriand"
<sprocket.who.hates.spam@storm.ca> wrote:

>Would an air lock just magically disappear? And no, the dealer claims to
>have heard nothing unusual. I suspect they didn't drive it enough to
>experience the "thunk thunk thunk" business, since it only does that when
>fully warmed up.
>
>The NV3550 is known to be a noisy transmission. Mine always has been noisy
>when idling in neutral. What's changed recently is that now it makes the
>same noise when coasting in gear with the clutch pedal depressed, perhaps
>even louder. It didn't do that for the three years I've owned it and now
>it's just started. New sounds make me think _something_ is wrong, but it
>seems the dealer does not concur.
>

I'd drive it until it's making the noise, take it to the dealer, and
ask the service manager to go for a ride with me.
Don't even shut it off in the service drive.
That's probably the only way you'll get them to hear it. Warranty
doesn't pay the tech much(read 0$)to test drive, so most of them are
short.
--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLTC 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep Wrangler YJ
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51, SPONGER#2