Strange Noise

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Stewart

You mention that the engine just came back from the machine shop and that you are using the original 216 flywheel. Couple of thoughts any indication of movement fore and aft as the clutch is pushed in. Is the growl more of a rumble or a scraping and does it change note as the RPMs change? I'm thinking maybe fore aft play on the crank.

Now we have to figure how to post sounds so that we can better long range diagnostics.

When I reassembled the Pattern 12 Chey I forgot to really check the spline on the clutch plate and transmission shaft had a devil of a time shifting gears because the clutch would not always release fully, was just about to pull the transmission and clutch when it decided to free up by itself.