Or a rock or pebble got into the bellhousing and is being kicked up by the
ring gear.
"Daniel J. Stern" > wrote in message
.umich.edu...
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Shane wrote:
>
>> I have a noise coming from the transmission. It's sounds like a tap. It
>> doesn't appear to come from the motor. I go underneath it while running
>> and it sounds like it is coming from about 6 inches away from where
>> trans and motor meet. Automatic transmission. The local mechanic said
>> "Live with it". But, I of course would like to know what might fix it,
>> or is a bigger deal than I can handle i.e: rebuild.
>
> Could be a cracked flexplate, or perhaps one or more loose flexplate
> bolts.