[Ztaylor92]

I'm riding in my car an hour ago, all of a sudden it sounds like I'm dragging something under my car.
I check and notice that I am not dragging anything.
It sounds horrible and I dont know what it is.
I can drive the car but I can feel it in my shifter.
My car is a maunual 96
It starts to go real crazy in 3rd gear the shifter shakes but still shifts
Is my transmission bad?
I just bought this car about a month ago and its the first one I paid for with my money.
I hope my transmission isnt bad
Because I can't afford another one.
Please help
Thanks

[Mr. Red Pony]

Sorry, but can you elaborate on what happened?

[Ztaylor92]

Absolutely nothing,
All I did was shift into 1st from a stop
and then it went crazy.
It sounds like king kong is about to come out from under my shifter and center console.

[Mr. Red Pony]

was it jerking the car? or just making really loud noises?

[castine917]

in all gears and neutral? rolling at certain speeds or all times?

[Ztaylor92]

The car doesn't jerk it just sounds like metal is hitting metal

at first I thought my exhaust dropped to the ground or my bumper fell off and was under my car
but then I could feel it in my shifter

[99 BLUE V6]

Check your drive shaft/u joints. Thats all i can think of with that kind of decription.LOL
Maybe throw out bearing.

[Ztaylor92]

it doesnt do it in neutral
but it gets real bad in third
when I put the clutch in it seems to stop
It does it in first and second but not as bad as i does in third

[Ztaylor92]

what would I be looking for and would it be obvious?

[whyxitx]

Post a video of it doing it, it might give us more of an insight of whats going on and a better look at what we're dealing with..

[castine917]

throwout bearing would need the transmissions little cover removed and you can see it partially. driveshaft/u joints would just be play at connectors at either end of shaft.

[Ztaylor92]

I'll post a video tommorow morning,
I'm just praying that it's nothing in my transmission
because I cant afford it and I dont want to go back to
driving my 98 suburban LOL

[Ztaylor92]

Originally Posted by castine917 throwout bearing would need the transmissions little cover removed and you can see it partially. driveshaft/u joints would just be play at connectors at either end of shaft.

Would these be easy for me to fix or would I need to professionally install it?

[castine917]

u joints are easy. throwout? can you drop a tranny?

[whyxitx]

HAHA, bro i feel ya, i have a 98' suburban, brakes aren't working right, still don't know whats up with that either.. Thank god i bought my mustang from my brother. 1500 for a 2001 v6? Score. He went and got himself a 97' cobra.

[Ztaylor92]

No sir I cant,
I may be able to find someone that can though.
If not how costly is that?

[Ztaylor92]

Originally Posted by whyxitx@aim.com HAHA, bro i feel ya, i have a 98' suburban, brakes aren't working right, still don't know whats up with that either.. Thank god i bought my mustang from my brother. 1500 for a 2001 v6? Score. He went and got himself a 97' cobra.

Damn, that's awesome,
I won't lie though I miss that thing.
I use to drive it like it was a racecar, and act like it was the best thing on the road
and it can handle the abuse
Except on those models the waterpump, thermostat and the door handles seem to break first and easily

[whyxitx]

Eh, i miss it more or less, my mom drives it now lol. The radiator on the thing goes bone dry every 2 days, have to spend a good 10 minutes filling it up. Not what i really wanted to be doing when i needed to get somewhere. The mustang was actually my 2nd car (suburban was my parents). First car was a 94' Z28 Camaro, bought it for 500$ in almost perfect condition (tranny was out) Coming back into town it fell off my trailor. So pissed that that happened. But still got a good 900$ out of it after it bit the dust.

[Ztaylor92]

yeah I can't seem to keep any water in that thing
Dude that sucks, I would of been going crazy
Almost as bad as I am now.

[castine917]

Originally Posted by Ztaylor92 No sir I cant, I may be able to find someone that can though. If not how costly is that?

not sure of cost as i can do it myself. not likely to be cheap though is my guess.