took short vid with my phone of this rattle coming from the bell housing. on my transmission. i think its the converter dad thinks its the flexplate

http://media.putfile.com/Transmission-Rattle

 

doesnt sound too good...

 

I'd check the torque converter bolts to make sure they're tight. Had the same issue with a CJ7 once...made that noise for a while and stranded me 500+ miles from home when the last one removed itself. I couldn;t figure out what it was until the Jeep went into neutral at 60MPH. Roadside repair was to tap the mangled bolt holes up a size. This resulted in the TC not running true on the flexplate any more...bad vibes and a leak developed at the TC input seal in the trans. Had to get a new TC, flexplate & trans seal. But lesson learned and got me home.

 

yeh that was first thing bolts are nice n tight on the TC

 

A cracked flex plate will sound about like a rod knock if your familiar with that sound.

With the truck running in park at about 2000 RPM or so, turn the truck off and then back on real quick...it should make a clanking sound if the flexplate is loose.

 

HI!... Does it make any noises after you turn the truck off? When most of my old converters broke (ballooned) when I shut the truck off you could still here parts in the converter turning for a good 2-3 seconds after shut down.

 

yup it does thats what lead me on the converter in the first place.

 

SOMEONE MAKE A LOG!!! PAUL + NEAL + CIVIL CONVO!!!!

thought you had a relatively new converter?

 

year old. it was a cheap rebuilt that i put in there till i could afford a good one. ive got an Edge 9" tripple disc going in that will handle close to 800hp

 

HI!... I'd go P.I "STALLION", BILLET, TRIPLE DISC, ANTI-BALLOONING PLATES, etc. Good for well over 1500H.P.

 

I know ? I tried re-booting my computer just in case it was screwing up - Nope, It read the same way ?

 

you seem to push this alot for everyone needing a convertor, im sure you do for the reason of it being very well built but is it suitable for a daily driver or just a race track truck? and how much?

 

HI!... I push it alot because I went through about 4 or 5 TQ converters in my truck. Everytime I bought a new one they told me it was good for this , it will handle that. Well none of them ever did what they were supposed to do. All of them ballooned and one I tore the snout off of. I went to the P.I "STALLION" and have been running it for many years now with no problems at all. I wish I would of went with it from the start. It would of saved me a ton of money and a lot of headaches. It was a 3000 stall and was very streetable. I drove my truck everyday back and forth to work and raced it on the weekends. Cost is about $1000, but depending where you get it, it can be a bit more or a bit less. Just trying to help people save some money and headaches. Remember, 90% of the time a converter blows up, you have to rebuild the trans. Due to converter debry flushing through the trans.