While I was under my wife's Spider repairing the heat shield, I decided to install one of these Powerflex transmission mount reinforcement doodads. The good news is that it cured the shudder the tranny had when starting in first gear. The bad news is that I may have created a new issue. Now when I drive the car, it's loud. Not a bad, tinny, rattly sort of loud, but a deep, solid sort of loud. The source of the new sound seems to be right where the mount is. It only appears when starting and when driving. With the engine running, but not in gear, the car sounds normal.
My question for those of you who have installed one of these - is this new sound normal, or did I screw up somewhere and create a new problem? I'm assuming ( and we know what that leads to) that these things being more solid than the original mount would allow more of the transmission sounds to travel to the frame.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
My question for those of you who have installed one of these - is this new sound normal, or did I screw up somewhere and create a new problem? I'm assuming ( and we know what that leads to) that these things being more solid than the original mount would allow more of the transmission sounds to travel to the frame.
Your help is greatly appreciated.