HELP, Bad Torque converter or bearing?

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rp23g7

rp23g7

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I have a 71 Scamp 225/904. for the last week i have had a "jiggle, jiggle noise under the hood. You know, the kind of noise you get from a bad PS Pump bearing or something loose under the hood.

Today i took everything rotating out of the equation. I took the PS and Alt belt off so nothing was rotating in the front, and it still made the noise.

It seems not to do it till it gets warm, then its loud enough to be heard when your 10 or 20 feet away or so.

I thought it may be the trans kickdown or a fuel line jiggeling against the block, but i crawled under it with the engine running and didnt see anything.

It stops the noise all the way in Park, and it is fainter in Neutral. It really seems like it is coming from the transmission somewhere.

Anyone have any ideas?
 
oh and it seems to shift fine, drive to reverse, reverse to drive, and a great shift from 1st to 2nd, and 2 to drive also, without hesitation
 
Sounds as though you may have the area isolated and if it were i, having a hobby shop and plenty of tools, i would drop the tranny for further investigation before causing any major problems. Could one ear break from the flex plate? The convertor wont spin in park. No noise. In neutral it could spin slightly due to friction. Slight noise. In gear it will definatly spin and that's when your getting your noise. Drop the tranny. My two cents
 
yeah, i guess my next step would be to unbolt the TC from the flex plate and see if i get noise.
 
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