24-05-2019, 01:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 24-05-2019, 01:30 PM by Mark McKibbin.)
Roger,
Before you pull too much apart, have you travelled in a similar saloon with a synco 4 speed as they are not quiet. Like you I built my car from a wreck, I had the gearbox checked out and modified to close ratio, when I first drove it I could not believe how noisy the gearbox was. I removed it and had it checked out, nothing (much) was found. It turned out to be a huge amount of end float on the camshaft, once I fixed that most of the noise went away but the gearbox is still noisy. Problem is all the noise combines and it's very hard to track down, as you are finding...I find earplugs most helpful.
Before you pull too much apart, have you travelled in a similar saloon with a synco 4 speed as they are not quiet. Like you I built my car from a wreck, I had the gearbox checked out and modified to close ratio, when I first drove it I could not believe how noisy the gearbox was. I removed it and had it checked out, nothing (much) was found. It turned out to be a huge amount of end float on the camshaft, once I fixed that most of the noise went away but the gearbox is still noisy. Problem is all the noise combines and it's very hard to track down, as you are finding...I find earplugs most helpful.
Cheers
Mark
Mark