It feels somewhere near the shifter/tunnel under the car... Only on pretty bumpy roads. It's hard to say if it's metallic or fiberglass "creaking". I've looked under it to no avail... Any common rattles here! Haha thanks!
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It feels somewhere near the shifter/tunnel under the car... Only on pretty bumpy roads. It's hard to say if it's metallic or fiberglass "creaking". I've looked under it to no avail... Any common rattles here! Haha thanks!
Worn $2 nylon shifter bushing? Broken clutch cable mount bracket? Both common rattles.
A worn shift bushing will make a hell of a racket under acceleration and a sloppy shift pattern too.
A lose clutch tube can be patched drill 2 holes 1/4 inch above and below it in the noisey area and fish a peace of mechanics wire around it, and tie it off outsite the holes.. Not the best thing but it kills the rattle in most cases on bugs.
Or if you own a sparky machine, drill through the tunnel wall but don't nick the clutch tube then Mig it.
Great ideas, I'll look! It shifts fine, decel/accel no issues with that. Thanks! Ps, yeah, I'll tack the tube If it's loose... Was reading about this on the Samba, guys are drilling 3-4" holes with holesaw's to access this silly clutch tube... Is all this necessary to get to the clutch tube?
KW - did we already say 'Welcome To The Madness'? Well there ya go. Crazy little cars.
Thanks Jim! I'm going to dig around under the car today...
Alan, I'm thinking your expertise is showing here. I missed 2nd gear a few times, as in wouldn't go in.... Perhaps a little grind... Then I realized , eeek, don't try it! Upshifts to 2nd no problem, the shifter is fairly sloppy. I'm going to google around on changing that little bushing out and see if that helps. I'm doing away with the EMPI trigger shifter when I return. Good thought, thanks for the idea.