The headaches have begun...SMS maybe?

[dan.bubb at gmail.com (Dan Bubb)]

The listener is a piezo crystal wired to a DIY amplifier board. Total
cost was under $50 and it's very sensitive. I posted info before about
using it to listen for knock to the turbo crowd and there wasn't much
interest. If there was interest for 5 or so, then I'd be willing to
buy all the parts and sell some kits. It's pretty damn handy!

As far as the tranny I'd be willing to rebuild it for a modest fee
should it come to that ;^)
I can give you a complete list of parts required (barring busted gears
and stuff) and prices if you should be interested.
Dan

On 9/16/05, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the info.  I should pick up one of those listeners....mind my
> asking where you got yours?
> 
> I have only done clutches and I have "helped" rebuild a couple of auto
> trannies, so I'm tragically underqualified to deal with SMS if that's what
> it looks like.  The good news (if that's possible) is that the clutch is a
> little tired, so I can deal with that, too.
> 
> And I probably will want to do a rear main seal while in there (177k mile
> car).
> 
> The diff bolt job seems straightforward, but it is intimidating....
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Dan Bubb [mailto:dan.bubb@gmail.com]
> >Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 9:12 AM
> >To: Jim Ruffi
> >Cc: Scirocco-L
> >Subject: Re: The headaches have begun...SMS maybe?
> >
> >
> >I did this just the other day to verify a bad wheel bearing on my
> >nephew's car.
> >No tires, idling in 5th and using my little piezo crystal electronic
> >engine knock listening device which is way safer than screwdriver
> >against ear close to rotating component.
> >
> >Anyway, interesting results. The good wheel bearing was almost silent,
> >the bad one quite loud.
> >Out of curiosity I also listened to the tranny and water pump and
> >despite the fact that all those bearings are relatively new and make
> >no noise while driving the car, with my little listener they sounded
> >as bad as the bad wheel bearing!
> >In any event I'm sure a bad tranny bearing will show up as quite loud
> >when you are close to it on the case.
> >Are you familiar with tranny rebuilds?
> >Dan
> >
> 
>