wierd noise please help me
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wierd noise please help me
Hey guys I have a 98 ranger 4.0L , I have only had it about 4 months and there is a wierd noise that sounds like a ball bearing rolling around in side the transmission i have already checked the pulleys and they are all fine i also had a new slavecylinder and throwout bearing. The guy at the transmissionshop said that the springs on my pressure plate were loose do u think that could be making the noise or does anyone have any idea what it could be? Please help me its bugging the crap out me......
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Livefast
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Livefast
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Originally Posted by LiveFast
Hey guys I have a 98 ranger 4.0L , I have only had it about 4 months and there is a wierd noise that sounds like a ball bearing rolling around in side the transmission i have already checked the pulleys and they are all fine i also had a new slavecylinder and throwout bearing. The guy at the transmissionshop said that the springs on my pressure plate were loose do u think that could be making the noise or does anyone have any idea what it could be? Please help me its bugging the crap out me......
Thanks,
Livefast
Thanks,
Livefast
If it is the sound I am thinking of it is not uncommon for all manual trans. It is more noticable in warm weather when you first start it up or when your sitting at a light in neutral. The fluid drains off the parts in the trans and there is more free play so the gears rattle on the shafts.
Don't most Ford manual trans spec ATF for their fluid? You could try somthing thicker like Redline MT90. The trade off is second gear may be a little notchy until the gear oil warms up.
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Originally Posted by LiveFast
I tried putting in some of that lucas transmission fluid thats suppose to help with worn parts and it didnt help do u think that redline mt90 would be better????
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Originally Posted by bassaway
I have a manual and it makes the same noise as well. Its made the same noise since i bought the truck and I beleive that it is normal.
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these manual trannies call for ATF not gear oil. if you use gear oil, the oil can't get to all the places in the tranny, b/c of its thickness, that the ATF can, thus causing problems, most notably harder shifting. there was a big arguemnt about whether to use ATF or Gear oil, so im not telling you to use ATF, but it is recommended by Ford.
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The tranny on my '03 4.0 FX4 is a bit on the noisy side going down the road at speed even. I swapped out the fluid with B&M Trick Shift Synthetic ATF and it helped both the noise and the shifting smoothness considerably. It didn't eliminate it but it sure helped. Just my 2 cents.
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Alright i have run into this problem with my 02 B3000 5 speeed. There was always a noise like something was knocking around inside of my transmission. I took it to the dealership since it was still under warrantee and they told me that my input shaft had to much play. They ended up rebuilding the whole tranny and putting a new input shaft in it. The thing about it is. Alot of these ranger pickups especially the 5 speeds have faulty throwout bearings and noises from tranny. I had just gotten my throwout bearing replaced and now its making noise again not even 500 miles after i got it done. So the noise is not hurting anything and if its outta warantee there is nothing much you can do about it unless you wanna pay to have your tranny rebuilt.
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Bassaway,
It cost me 150.00 for labor and a throwout bearing and slave cylinder I thought it was pretty cheap of course the transmission shop is owned by my girlfriends uncle but he dont like me very much but that another story so I dont think that it made that much of a difference in the price.
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It cost me 150.00 for labor and a throwout bearing and slave cylinder I thought it was pretty cheap of course the transmission shop is owned by my girlfriends uncle but he dont like me very much but that another story so I dont think that it made that much of a difference in the price.
Thanks,
Livefast