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I cannot find this rattle. I have removed the console and checked everything. Nothing I can find is rattleing under the console. This rattle started after I got my TC installed.. I looked under the car and could not find anything either! It only happens around 60-70 MPH.. At lower speeds sometime you can hear it as well but it is not popping as quickly

 

is the video like 1 second long? cause thats all I got

 

no it is about 30 seconds long. Save it to disk before you play it. It will not stream it.

 

Little more info.. It seems to only do it around 2000 - 3000 rpm.. If I go faster it goes away.

 

prolly not the same rattle but after i got my tc installed i noticed a rattling sound and it was a heat sheild and the shop just bent it back out of the way and i havent had a problem since.

--Matt

 

I checked the heat shields and they seemed okay.. I will check them again..

 

Anyone else?

 

me too bent the heat shields and put radiator hose on top of the y pipe and all sounds are gone. the hose will not melt either.

 

Cool I will check the radiator hose

 

i have a damn rattle that i can hear at 750rpm and again at 2,000 rpm. Cant hear it in any other rpm, does it in park and drive. Ill check the heat shield later today...

 

You might want to check your flexplate bolts as well. I torqued mine to the factory spec after I put in a TCI plate and a Stall. They were loose before I had it off the rack. I had to locktite and do about 100 foot pounds.

 

i heard that the tci flexplates had problems due to the powdercoating and the fact that the holes are for bigger bolts, the size only used by tci and their converters.

 

I am using the stock flex plate.

 

why did you say you put in a tci plate?

 

I did not, some other guy in this trhread did.

Any other ideas?

 

I had a bit of a rattle going and it went away, but my guess is that the tranny cooler lines are touching somewhere.

 

Yea man make sure your bolts are tight

 

did you by chance change the tranny mount when you put the converter in? I put one of these "Energy Suspension" Poly mounts in mine and it vibrated like hell....the bolts that went into it were too long and bottoming out inside the mount causing it to become sollid. A few washers and it it went aways.

Other than that.... rather than a rattle, that looks a like a bad vibration. If it only does it at certain RPMs something might be out of balance. converter?

 

Maybe something rattling around in the inspection cover?