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Originally Posted by Knuckleballerr
As far as I can tell, the drivetrain is hooked up correctly and flex disks/differential mounts seems fine? I'm not at all sure about it being correlated with a shift into fourth.. it seems to begin right away; as soon as I go a half decent speed.. say.. 10 mph?
My first assumption was that the exhaust pipe loosened and I checked it. It has no play and appears to be mounted just fine. It sounds terrible until I rev it, at which point it sounds passable.
Speaking of transmissions ~ Supposing a transmission never had its fluid changed.. (or seldom has) would it be wise to change the fluid or to leave it in for gripping to prevent slipping?
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Sorry for any confusion; I was asking if the shaking disappears when it shifts into fourth.
What Volker says is what I had in the back of my mind -- I'm just curious why the shakes would disappear at high speed.
You should absolutely change the fluid -- there is junk in the old transmission fliud (tiny metal flakes etc.) that are slowly eating your transmission up. Change the filter along with it.
Are the exhaust pipe gaskets new? Our Corolla wasn't making nearly as much noise as yours from your description -- we had an exhaust gasket leak -- but the noise disappeared under load.
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