General Maintenance & Repairs - So i think something is wrong with my tranny

Well for starters, when im driving around my neighborhood ive noticed i hear alot of flywheel chatter, like something is spinning whenever i put my foot in the clutch and take it out of gear to go over speed bumps. Also the car will occasionally grind gears pending if im revving high. Now tonight i get on the highway and everything seems fine but when i go thru the tollbooth i noticed a huge loss in power and some noise/vibration coming from the transmission. Drove fine until i got it off the highway. when i came to a complete stop or took it out of gear i heard a loud rattling coming from underneath the car. once i got it home i tried to make a video of the noise but it seemed to go away once i got my camera to record it. Any ideas? im afriad to move this thing.

This video is where the noise is mostly coming from, cant really pin-point where it is but this is an idea:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/zerokube/th_GEDC1405.jpg (http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/zerokube/?action=view&current=GEDC1405.flv)

And this video is my idle now, seems a bit lower and making some noise:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/zerokube/th_GEDC1406.jpg (http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a100/zerokube/?action=view&current=GEDC1406.flv)

Are you getting the noise with the cluth pedal engaged or disengaged? Looked at the videos and didn't even sound like the car was on...

when its not engaged and partially when im driving

bueller?

I can hear something hitting or moving in there.

I would say have the clutch/flywheel looked at. There could be a piece of something in there, or something inside is loose.

If they flywheel wasn't right, I think it would be worse, but as you said thats the quietest it's been.


Summary: Either take out the trans yourself or have a shop do it. Something is not right.