Transmission noise???
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Transmission noise???
I own a 1998 Mazda B4000 truck. It has a doggy 4.0 engine and a 5 speed manual. I have owned the truck for over 6 years. I take better care of it than I do myself. Anyway, I have always had a noise in the tranny. I can only hear it when its idling. It sounds like a loose chain moving around inside the tranny (like a loose timing chain sounds kinda). The sound does not change when I push in the clutch or put a load on it. Sometimes it is louder than other times. It almost sounds like you are standing next to a diesel engine. I have taken it to several repair shops and that all say they need to pull it and look inside...at a tune of around 500.00.
Has anyone encountered such a noise in your 5 speed tranny? What was the problem or what does it sound like to you?
Also I am interested in a complete computer controlled V-8 swap....does this forum discuss the possibilities?
Thanks
Michael
Has anyone encountered such a noise in your 5 speed tranny? What was the problem or what does it sound like to you?
Also I am interested in a complete computer controlled V-8 swap....does this forum discuss the possibilities?
Thanks
Michael
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From: Grand Chute
Well it sort of sound like to me I had the same problem with my '92.... Your noise sounded just like mine and got progessively worse to the point where it had a bad humm at 25+ and then was quiet in 4th and really noisy in 5th. I thought it was going to be a bad throw-out bearing at first untill it got worse, turned out to be the input shaft bearing was broke on the transmision. Ended up being cheeper to buy a used salvage tranny than it was to have the bearing replaced. Is it a 4x4 or 4x2?
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From: Grand Chute
I'm not exactlly sure what tranny you have but maybe you can go to "the ranger station . com" and go to their tech library and find out what years your tranny was available in the ranger. Because I ended up buying a whole "88 Bll with the same tranny for $200 and then I parted out the rest of the rest of the truck with tons of spare parts, Rear axle transfer case, engine. etc. Maybe it might be a route 4 U?
