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Deysha
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Now I'm not sure if this is the same issue as the OP, but starting in first gear, under very light throttle and feathering out the clutch, I get a noise kind of like tin heatshields rattling. If I use no throttle and feather it out to just roll forward slightly, or if I use a little more throttle, it doesn't do it.
If I'm stopped, foot on the brake, neutral and foot off the clutch, and I take my foot off the brake, clutch in and shift into first, I get a clunk at the back of the car that jerks the car forward slightly. This clunk happens just a hair BEFORE the shifter goes into first, or as it's sliding through the gate but not quite full in yet. If it happened as the shifter came to rest in 1st, I probably wouldn't even notice it, it's the timing that seems strange to me.
If I'm stopped, foot on the brake, neutral and foot off the clutch, and I take my foot off the brake, clutch in and shift into first, I get a clunk at the back of the car that jerks the car forward slightly. This clunk happens just a hair BEFORE the shifter goes into first, or as it's sliding through the gate but not quite full in yet. If it happened as the shifter came to rest in 1st, I probably wouldn't even notice it, it's the timing that seems strange to me.
Here's what I did: I installed an MGW shifter.
The tinny rattly noise feathering out the clutch under very light throttle is completely gone. I don't know if it's some of the dynamat or the MGW heatshield or just everything being more solid, but the noise is nowhere to be heard. I was just driving and noted on one take off when I was expecting it to happen, it wasn't there. So I started trying to duplicate it and I can't.
The clunk as the shifter slides into first is also gone. I'm wondering if it's related to some additional movement in the stock shifter assembly. Just a theory. I'll report back on this one with more seat time.
But yeah, no service appointment needed, just a new (expensive but worth it) shifter.
