Devilsword
New CEG'er
Few questions so let me get right too it.
I have a 2000 SVT. When i purchased the car the owner(trusted friend) recently had the clutch replaced before inspection. when driving it had made a noise from the left side of the car that at the time we believed to be an improperly installed throw out bearing. now that i have been driving the car i have realized the noise is only made with the clutch pedal full released and only gets louder when i am off the gas. This leads me to think its an input shaft bearing. First though i am going to do a fluid swap to see if that has any effect. the recommendations i read were below.
Ford Spec Fluid
Torco RTF (race spec GL5, all synthetic excellent shifting in cold weather or hot)
Torco MTF
Penzoil Synchromesh
Royal Purple Synchromax
Royal Purple Gearmax (race and HiPerf, Hi Temp apps.)
I am a big fan of the royal purple products and feel like its what has kept my race car from falling apart after many hard launches/ track days. Yet Sycrhromax is hard to find in my area where 75w90 and 75w140 are really common. are these good substitutes or should i chase down some Penziol?
Now here is the scary qeustion. if this doesn't fix the problem(which i am worried it wont) should i look to repair the existing transmission( new bearing possible a sleeve if mares) or replace the whole tranny. if i replace the tranny which ones are compatible and are there better choices? also why the shop in there is there anything i should replace prt mounts ect?
Thanks in advance for any help.
I have a 2000 SVT. When i purchased the car the owner(trusted friend) recently had the clutch replaced before inspection. when driving it had made a noise from the left side of the car that at the time we believed to be an improperly installed throw out bearing. now that i have been driving the car i have realized the noise is only made with the clutch pedal full released and only gets louder when i am off the gas. This leads me to think its an input shaft bearing. First though i am going to do a fluid swap to see if that has any effect. the recommendations i read were below.
Ford Spec Fluid
Torco RTF (race spec GL5, all synthetic excellent shifting in cold weather or hot)
Torco MTF
Penzoil Synchromesh
Royal Purple Synchromax
Royal Purple Gearmax (race and HiPerf, Hi Temp apps.)
I am a big fan of the royal purple products and feel like its what has kept my race car from falling apart after many hard launches/ track days. Yet Sycrhromax is hard to find in my area where 75w90 and 75w140 are really common. are these good substitutes or should i chase down some Penziol?
Now here is the scary qeustion. if this doesn't fix the problem(which i am worried it wont) should i look to repair the existing transmission( new bearing possible a sleeve if mares) or replace the whole tranny. if i replace the tranny which ones are compatible and are there better choices? also why the shop in there is there anything i should replace prt mounts ect?
Thanks in advance for any help.