<VV> idle rattle in the 66' Corsa

[Mark Durham]

Ray, I just replaced a bolted flywheel that had the same symptoms. It was
installed prior to me getting the car so I so not know who bolted it, it
sure wasn't a Dale, but I had the same noise issues, that didn't seem
completely correct. However, a Dale fixed it.
Mark Durham

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Ray Rodriguez III
<ravensong13 at verizon.net>wrote:

> Everything I've read so far says my problem is the flywheel, but I wanted
> to run some details by you guys before I start thinking about pulling this
> apart again.
>
> I hesitate to think its the flywheel because I just had it out of the car
> (brand new clutch too) and inspected it... didnt find anything wrong.  Its a
> bolted flywheel and rang like a bell when I dropped it from an inch or so
> off the floor.... that was the test suggested in HTKYCA.
>
> This noise started about 500 miles after I put the car back together. I
> hear it only at idle.  From inside the car it sounds like its coming from
> under the floor toward the front, from outside it is hard to track down but
> I think its probably coming from the drivetrain area... this noise transfers
> all over the place.  I dont really hear it outside the car unless I stick my
> head underneath... and then its near impossible to tell where its coming
> from.
>
> Depressing the clutch halfway or more silences it (flywheel symptom I
> know), also.. here is what I thought was odd....   if I leave the clutch all
> the way out, but apply pressure to the shifter as if to shift into gear (but
> not enough to grind) the noise goes away.... stop putting pressure on the
> shifter and it comes back....  does that fit with the flywheel theory?
>
> I thought maybe the clutch cable was rattling around, adjusted it to no
> avail.
>
>
>
>
> Whatta'ya think?  Any other possibilities besides the flywheel?  Any tests
> I should do before I give in and pull the engine back out?
>
>
> Ray Rodriguez III
> CORSA member
> 66' Corsa 140/4 hot rodded coupe
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