-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Downing <ded74@yahoo.com>
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
<dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: OOOOPS :-)
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>> flywheel?....
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>> your flexplate has a crack in it ya mean? How'd ya figure that out?
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>> Greg Conner
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>Too early in the morning, yes that should have been flexplate. I had a
>clicking noise coming from the tranny, took it back to the shop that did my
>converter/vb install, thinking it might be a loose bolt on the converter.
>Pulled the cover and as he was checking the last bolt, saw the crack in the
>flexplate, right at the top of one of the cutouts. Guess when it's
spinning
>the centrifugal force is flexing that piece out and it's hitting the
cover.
>Picking up a new one this afternoon, $42 and it's going in tomorrow. I've
>always said that breaking something just means you get to upgrade, but
>unfortunately, there is no upgrade for the flexplate :( So it's a factory
>flexplate that's going back in, hope it holds up.
>
>-Dave
>
Had that happen on my 98 Avenger 2.5. Chased a tune up, injectors,
O2, Map, TPS sensors, a distributor, then had to bite the bullet and have
the
tranny pulled for an inspection.
TonyC
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