2000 7.3 at idle rattling

[blackbeast_f350]

Im having this most annoying sound coming from my truck, It not anything on my motor I have checked it all and nothing it loose? I afrid to drive it now.Is this somthing that i could fix on my own

 

[iracemine]

need more of a discription, is it from the engine area or underneeth or a metalic noice from within???

 

[blackbeast_f350]

now the sound comes and goes through out any rpm, the is no loss of power from the motor, and the trans doesnt seem to slip but when i drove it last night it would make the sound and i would let off the gas and it would go away but would do it again and again randomly, Im thinking it is the torqconverter bollts are loss but if not ???????? im going to check it today for that. im crossing my fingures.......TBC........

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Sounds to me like the infamous "can of marbles" sound that came from the torque converters from the earlier 4R100 tranny's. When the TC was unlocked, like when parked at idle, it would sound like a "coffee can full of marbles". There was a test for the condition, something about locking up the TC at parked/idle by grounding the lock-up signal wire or something like that. If the sound went away when the TC was locked up, then you had a "coffee can" TC. Hopefully someone who knows more details of the test will chime in later.

Way back when, before I got my BTS, I had a "coffee can" TC. While somewhat annoying, it ran for a long, long time before the tranny itself crapped out and had to be replaced.

 

[blackbeast_f350]

that sounds like about it , it really does sound like a a can of really really load marbles in there

 

[blackbeast_f350]

im getting the torqconverter replaced this week as well as the trans cleaned out and possibly rebuild it thanks everybody

 

[bigtrxs]

Hey blackbeast im also from h-town.Just want to let you know if you need some one to do the work for you i have a friend in Pearland TX who is a ford diesel tech and he has his own shop.