I was helping a friend with his '67 coupe and he has a problem. The engine is a newer 5.0, 52 or 54 oz flexplate (which ever if correct, the car has its original C4). He and a friend transferred the block plate from the original 289 to the 5.0 some years ago and the friend somehow bent the blockplate (according to my friend) and left a high point. He started the engine a week ago and it made a horrible noise, something is rubbing against the flexplate weight and my friend believes it's the blockplate. Subsequent checking in the inspection area revealed some metal shavings which he removed. He pried the trans back from the approx 1" and he then tried to smooth out the issue with the blockplate. However, when we started the car today there is still quite a racket coming from the bellhousing. He checked the inspection area and there are shavings again present and there are also scrape marks now against the inspection plate.
Is there something else that we can check (torque converter bolts?) or does the trans need to be removed so the bell housing can come off for a proper inspection? What could be rubbing against the inspection plate?
Any ideas short of removing the trans would be most helpful.
Thanks.
Is there something else that we can check (torque converter bolts?) or does the trans need to be removed so the bell housing can come off for a proper inspection? What could be rubbing against the inspection plate?
Any ideas short of removing the trans would be most helpful.
Thanks.