just bought a 98 dodge ram 2wheel .... 130k .... guy said trans replaced at 90...anyways.... drives smooth ..... shifts really smooth.... but truck is making this rattle noise that seems to be coming from the trans.... when you have in idle or reverse it gets louder... tried to record but noise of engine washes it out... like i said it runs perfect but it makes a horrible rattle noise that sometime goes away but most of the time is there....

 

Pull the inspection cover off of the bellhousing, and check the flex plate, see if it is cracked.

And welcome to DF!

 

and it may just be getting louder because i think it is.... lol but its so irritating..

 

thanks for the welcome.... whats involved with removing the bell housing.... done some simple work on cars but nothing like that but would love to lean and do... maybe a site you can recommend that shows it

 

Just remove the starter, and then there is like 5 or so 1/2" or 9/16" bolts holding the inspection cover on.

 

The flexplate bolts that hold the torque converter on could also be looseing.

 

could be the cat.

 

havent checked the touqe cov yet but not not cat ... just had that replaced because it was bad but it not a noise like that....