Ticking got worse, video included

[376shovel]

Please refer to my previous thread on my engine bay ticking noise:

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=100496

So here's the deal, I have a 55 mile commute each way to work. On the way back, I did 60 mph most of the way, going wot twice just to pass a car on two occasions. Not even through 1st gear all the way. Anyway, I get a mile or two out and at idle I hear this noise:

Here is a video of the noise I heard today

https://youtu.be/rZ6HK5ljXaQ


I got home, shut it down, pulled the belt off and ran the car without the accessories running. No change. My honest assessment is loose torque converter bolts. It happened to my other vehicle before and it sounded just like this. Power doesn't seem to be affected, and the noise reduces when I give it some rpm. Oil pressure is 10 pai at idle in gear, and 32 psi at 1500 rpm driving down the road.

My question is does this transmission have a beauty cover that I can remove to access the converter bolts? I can't really look under there tonight and I got a letter from my apartment complex telling me to stop "working on vehicles".

Please share any info you have. Thanks.

[Spectragod]

With the car shut off, when you tap on the catalytic converter with a rubber mallet, does it rattle? That sounds like a bad catalytic converter.

[Lowndex]

If the problem turns out to be the torque converter, you may have my used Precision Industries AODE (http://converter.com/stallion.htm) unit. It is still in good shape. You must pay for shipping.

[376shovel]

Pming for details. Thank you for the offer in advance.

[BAD MERC]

With the car shut off, when you tap on the converter with a rubber mallet, does it rattle? That sounds like a bad converter.


That was my first thought. When I was a kid my dad had a cracked flexplate on a SB Chevy that was a dead ringer for a rod knock.

[johnnyrauder]

If the problem turns out to be the torque converter, you may have my used Precision Industries AODE (http://converter.com/stallion.htm) unit. It is still in good shape. You must pay for shipping. also i have the oem converter. took it off at about 5k mi. price dont matter whatever.

[376shovel]

also i have the oem converter. took it off at about 5k mi. price dont matter whatever.

Thanks brother. I will keep it in mind if it turns out to be a bad converter. I'm hoping it's just loose bolts.

[fordnut02]

will these converters rattle at idle and go away with more rpm ?

I to checked my bolts thought they sounded loose ?

how can I check convertor ?

I have a 2003 B car stock, should I use a stock one or go with better style

[fordnut02]

Please refer to my previous thread on my engine bay ticking noise:

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=100496

So here's the deal, I have a 55 mile commute each way to work. On the way back, I did 60 mph most of the way, going wot twice just to pass a car on two occasions. Not even through 1st gear all the way. Anyway, I get a mile or two out and at idle I hear this noise:

Here is a video of the noise I heard today

https://youtu.be/rZ6HK5ljXaQ


I got home, shut it down, pulled the belt off and ran the car without the accessories running. No change. My honest assessment is loose torque converter bolts. It happened to my other vehicle before and it sounded just like this. Power doesn't seem to be affected, and the noise reduces when I give it some rpm. Oil pressure is 10 pai at idle in gear, and 32 psi at 1500 rpm driving down the road.

My question is does this transmission have a beauty cover that I can remove to access the converter bolts? I can't really look under there tonight and I got a letter from my apartment complex telling me to stop "working on vehicles".

Please share any info you have. Thanks.

Mine has the same noise , checking converter tomm

[fordnut02]

Please refer to my previous thread on my engine bay ticking noise:

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=100496

So here's the deal, I have a 55 mile commute each way to work. On the way back, I did 60 mph most of the way, going wot twice just to pass a car on two occasions. Not even through 1st gear all the way. Anyway, I get a mile or two out and at idle I hear this noise:

Here is a video of the noise I heard today

https://youtu.be/rZ6HK5ljXaQ


I got home, shut it down, pulled the belt off and ran the car without the accessories running. No change. My honest assessment is loose torque converter bolts. It happened to my other vehicle before and it sounded just like this. Power doesn't seem to be affected, and the noise reduces when I give it some rpm. Oil pressure is 10 pai at idle in gear, and 32 psi at 1500 rpm driving down the road.

My question is does this transmission have a beauty cover that I can remove to access the converter bolts? I can't really look under there tonight and I got a letter from my apartment complex telling me to stop "working on vehicles".

Please share any info you have. Thanks.

drivers side of block there is a rubber plug to pull to acess bolts

[376shovel]

I pulled the metal access cover to look at the converter bolts. None of them seemed loose. I haven't driven the car for some hours and I started it up to take a video. The sound is not nearly as bad as it was earlier. Here's the video:

https://youtu.be/Dw1eF6VSpIg

Ay this point I'm just going to drive it to work the next 2 days because I have to. Will keep trying to figure it out in the meantime.

[376shovel]

drivers side of block there is a rubber plug to pull to acess bolts

Wait, so the rubber circular plug is where u get to the bolts at?

[fordnut02]

Wait, so the rubber circular plug is where u get to the bolts at?


yes on left side of block right in the middle pop that out , you can get right to the bolts

[Fastbob]

Does the noise go away or change when placing the car in gear?

[376shovel]

Does the noise go away or change when placing the car in gear?

Nope. Same in park vs at a stoplight.

[376shovel]

yes on left side of block right in the middle pop that out , you can get right to the bolts

The rubber circular plug I was asking about is at the bottom of the transmission, which I believe to be a drain plug access hole. Do you have a picture of the area you are talking about?

[Fastbob]

Nope. Same in park vs at a stoplight.I was leaning towards cracked flexplate, but I would think the noise they make will change when the vehicle is placed into gear.

[tbone]

I had a bad cat on my Grand Marquis. Drove me nuts until I finally figured it out.

[robertmoreno14]

I had that noise before.. Cold start you cannot hear. After driving for 10-15 the noise is there. I managed to get underneath the car one day, I used a rubber garden hose as a stethoscope (shade tree hacks) and I tracked sound in my exhaust... I was under the belief that maybe it was sound resonating thru it from the engine block, until I put my ear to the rear catalytic, talk about extreme clanking, I hit the cat with a hammer, (insert miracle word here) the sound went away instantly. Took to shop, guy said the cat was toast, it had tons of play inside the chamber. The exhaust pulse was pushing the ceramic core back and forth inside making it seem as if it is a knock noise.

[376shovel]

I had that noise before.. Cold start you cannot hear. After driving for 10-15 the noise is there. I managed to get underneath the car one day, I used a rubber garden hose as a stethoscope (shade tree hacks) and I tracked sound in my exhaust... I was under the belief that maybe it was sound resonating thru it from the engine block, until I put my ear to the rear catalytic, talk about extreme clanking, I hit the cat with a hammer, (insert miracle word here) the sound went away instantly. Took to shop, guy said the cat was toast, it had tons of play inside the chamber. The exhaust pulse was pushing the ceramic core back and forth inside making it seem as if it is a knock noise.

To you and the guy who mentioned it before good call. I actually took a video here and you can tell it sounds like the cat to me. The crappy thing is the rear converters are new magnaflows. Check out the video and you can hear it. Probably just going to remove them as I am not getting headers any time soon.

Edit: by the way, this noise seems to be different than my original thread about the ticking. This seems to be an additional noise. I'm betting it's the converter.


https://youtu.be/aYbJLUVNo78

[Spectragod]

To you and the guy who mentioned it before good call. I actually took a video here and you can tell it sounds like the cat to me. The crappy thing is the rear converters are new magnaflows. Check out the video and you can hear it. Probably just going to remove them as I am not getting headers any time soon.

Edit: by the way, this noise seems to be different than my original thread about the ticking. This seems to be an additional noise. I'm betting it's the converter.


https://youtu.be/aYbJLUVNo78

Your welcome....:D

[376shovel]

https://youtu.be/mT8vGqkPnDs

Definitive video showing the rattle is confirmed to be the drivers side rear converter. I just bought the POS new. The ticking may be the front converter. Could be a good excuse to get headers.

[Lowndex]

Did you receive the used Precision Industries torque converter?

[376shovel]

Did you receive the used Precision Industries torque converter?

I did sir thank you! Once I get the chance I will probably just buy a new flexplate and put them both in at the same time. I definetly have two different sounds going on. The one is my catalytic converter, and the other is either the flexplate or converter. It's coming from that area. Thanks again for your generosity.

[376shovel]

Update:

Removed the rear cats, the marbles sound went away. Drivers side cat was bad. It was a new magnaflow. Pretty disappointing there. Oh well, the car sounds better with only two cats anyway. Will revisit the torque converter/flexplate sound in the near future.