If you've been following this thread over the last few days, you can understand when I say that I'm bushed!
Went over to me friend Ivan's shop this afternoon, he was in finishing up some little things and getting ready for tomorrow's work so he appreciated the company.....and I appreciated his lift. (note to self : next house I'm putting in a lift). So I drove it over and it still had the damned noise.
Also, I had just put in a new battery and the ammeter shows very positive at anything over 1200 rpm.... Odd......checked the draw with engine off to see if there was a short or hidden draw... Only the switch for the electric seat, which I then disconnected, then... Zero amp draw... Ok that problem checked, but started the car and there it was again... Odd....
Now for the noise.
Put it on the lift and ...... Nothing! ... No noise. Loaded the tranny with the brakes on and released it slowly to get the wheels turning... So we broth it down and there it was again... Under any sort of load and only while moving.......
We put it back on the lift and checked again... And again no noise.
So,.... Only under load when the car is moving.... Acceleration... Funny short... Noise sounds like its in the tranny area on the drivers side....
Then. it hit us both at the same time.... In fact we both said it at the same time...
STARTER!... Had to be.....but it was too late to have one delivered and we were both exhausted... I'm betting now its the solenoid for the starter shorting out and dragging the starter gear on the converter gear. That's got to be it.... Will also get the starter relay just to be certain...
Changed out the shift linkage bushings.... While I was there. So it wasn't a total loss of effort.
This afternoon, after some rest, I'm going to install the seatbelt hangers into my headliner for today. Then... that's it for today.
Post script....
Finished mounting the seat belts into the headliner ( its now dark so picture tomorrow) and got the instrument light for the a/c controls working. Also found a working timer for the ignition light that actually shuts off after 20 seconds. Good thing I had a bunch from the u-pick!
Goals for today complete..... And a little more.
More tomorrow. The noise saga continues......