WaltZ
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- Port Byron, IL
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2006 Mercury Mountaineer
Lately, but not all the time, there is some kind of very audible rattling/knocking noise coming from the center of the vehicle. It just started last week.
When I'm going under 5 mph (like cruising slow in a car lot, which is what I was doing, or going slow down my driveway) I would start to hear a rattling/knocking noise (very hard to describe) that got progressively louder. I would press the brake to stop and the vehicle would still be pulling to almost a stall, then "release" and it would idle just fine with no noise or pulling, like it should.
Some history: I've never had any tranny service work (other than the re-reprogram 100,000 miles ago and fluid change roughly 8 months ago). A year or so ago, the original T-case bearing went, so I just got a cheap, used eBay T-case. I'm thinking the TC in the tranny or the Viscous coupling in the T-case went out. I'm inclined to go with another bad T-case. Thoughts?
I still have the original "bad" T-case, which I'll take to replace the bearing, but hate to keep throwing money at it to see what sticks.
Thanks
When I'm going under 5 mph (like cruising slow in a car lot, which is what I was doing, or going slow down my driveway) I would start to hear a rattling/knocking noise (very hard to describe) that got progressively louder. I would press the brake to stop and the vehicle would still be pulling to almost a stall, then "release" and it would idle just fine with no noise or pulling, like it should.
Some history: I've never had any tranny service work (other than the re-reprogram 100,000 miles ago and fluid change roughly 8 months ago). A year or so ago, the original T-case bearing went, so I just got a cheap, used eBay T-case. I'm thinking the TC in the tranny or the Viscous coupling in the T-case went out. I'm inclined to go with another bad T-case. Thoughts?
I still have the original "bad" T-case, which I'll take to replace the bearing, but hate to keep throwing money at it to see what sticks.
Thanks