ok guys, yet another problem, im sure all this fixing will pay off sooner or later... ok now when im driving i can hear a slight grinding when i put my clutch in or slow down or the revs are decently high in 1/2 gear, this sound seems to get worse if i give my car a bit of a flogging and my gearbox warms up a bit more, i am thinking the gearbox oil? might need some more? or maybe jst do a full change? hopefully it is the gearbox oil and can some1 give me some sugestion on what oil to put in there! cheers!

You must have ran over a dog, it stuck between yout muffler bearing and you transfer case, you must get it out!

wahhh?

change your oil and see, it wont hurt your bank balance and if it is jsut low on oil or needed a new flush of it then its all good. just dont flog it as much until its bugs are worked out. you never know its could worsen the situation.

it needed alot of oil, fixed a couple of problems but its still grinding.. might need a new box i thinks..

you can buy nulon additive which quiets them down a fair bit, apart from that, syncros gone, poorly adjusted or sticking clutch, or too many skids, or not enough pillows on the seat to provide ample clutch pressing

idler bearing or gear noise!!!! very common for vl's

yeah u can hear it when its jst idling as well..

throw out bearing maybe???

its the thrust bearing on the gearbox, it happened to me!!! ya have to take the gearbox of to fix it!!! and get the flywheel machined!!! might as well buy a new clutch plate while your at it!!!

when we replced the clutch in my wagon the mechanic put half a litre or so automatic transmission fluid into my five speed and it made it a lot quieter and smoother but just saying dont take my word for it.

ive already got a new clutch kit a few weeks ago as well as a throwout bearing, my mechanic recons its a inlet or something bearing, he said its nothing major and to bring it back when it starts getting real noisy and he will fix it straight away thanks for the help guys

if he knew it was going to stuff up why didnt he fix it when he had the box out? How well do u know this guy? He may be pumping more money out of you than necessary. Only saying that cos mechanics have a name for targeting people to make more money off as they are not the best paying trade out there. I believe they should be paid more but people want their cars fixed yesterday for almost nothing....but thats a little off track i guess.

umm ive known my mechanic for 10 years now, he didnt have the box out when he said that, he took it for a drive and had a guess, and he thinks its the inlet bearing or some****, and im going to wait until it wears out more b4 i get it fixed

ah, sweet, i thought he changed the clutch and left something else un touched. so he is gunna do the lot when its really buggered.....sweet as....

yeah well hes machined the fly wheel put in a exedy heavy duty clutch and new thrust bearing for $400, and i rang around to get quotes for that and it was like 700

so he has already done the clutch? had the box out and put it back in? is that correct? if he didnt have the box out he must have taken the engine out?

Na didnt you know, you can change the clutch and machine your flywheel in the car without removing the box or engine, it involves thermophysics

hahaha funny stuff

he took the clutch and **** out about a month ago before this noise occured