Dang, its only got 30k on it tho. I am going to change the tranny fluid this weekend. 3 Quarts of Penzoil Dextron 3 ATF sound good? It almost sounds like the noise is coming from under the dash area past the shifter not where hte trans is. But I guess that may be because Its only entering the cabin through the shifter area.

 

UPDATE: When driving the car for a while and it warms up. If you put it in first gear w/ the clutch fully depressed it makes the same rattle noise (not as loud, but fairly loud). Doesnt do it in neutral tho. Maby this helps. I duno.

 

I have the same problem with my ford ranger, always have. It still works fine though and i've put alot of miles on it. I doubt it's anything to worry about.

 

It tends to do it in other gears as well up to even 2500-3000rpm when accelerating, particularly 3rd and 4th.

 

mine definitely doesnt do it with the clutch pushed in, that might be something different then

 

Thanks for the help.

I found out some more scenarios in which is makes the noise, read carefully below:


I did some more tests today, If I moved the shifter to the outer right or outer left neutral positions (from the center position) with the clutch engaded and held it to either side I could hear the same noise, if I push the clutch in and do the same thing It cannot be heard. It can also be very faintly heard when the clutch is in and the car is in neutral, but if you pop the clutch while still in neutral you cant hear it anymore.

 

anyone?

 

I may have the same problem as you did with your trany.If you could please call me with the your prognosis of your trany. It might help me find and fix my current trany problem. My number is 904-294-5074. Your help would be very appretiative.My phone is 24/7 feel free to call any time.

 

I got my trans rebuilt. A lot of stuff was messed up inside. But the inital noise I was talking about was prolly just a worn out t/o bearing and pilot.