hellllp!

Okay, lots of problems, evidently. First off its a 95 Eclipse RS, engines from a 97 Avenger, very light mods. 6-month old OE Sachs clutch in an OE 5-speed trans with a slight leak thats suddenly become marginally worse. On to the problem...

Noticed an occasional creaking noise in the front end under braking and turning or acclerating & truning. Suddenly I've now developed a *Popping* noise under the same conditions I crawled under the car today to check the cv boots for damage, steering assy, suspension bushings and found the following: cv boots good, bushings good. Fluid inside the bellhousing but not on the clutch. Fluid leaking from the top(!) of the trans, under the battery tray. Worst of all, I cleaned away the sludge from the bottom near the trans oil drain and found tiny cracks in the metal, and one large crack (see pic at link).

http:\\members.fortunecity.com\elementalpanther\ca r.htm

What the heck is all this mess??
Somebody please tell me I'm not going to be shopping for a new tranny...

[jplong]

the popping could be from the elbow looking susspension arm that has the ball joint on the end....the 2 large bolts that hold it in under the car could be loose and causeing it to pop under hard driving...mine do this all the time.....

Thanks for the help, but suddenly the problem has become self-evident.
I left bits of housing and a gear or two behind in a big puddle of gear oil during a 5-minute test run. Posted a pic at the link above.

What could have caused this? I'm an aggressive driver, but not overly abusive. No racing, no neutral drops, etc. What the heck...?? :cuss

[Iwishiwascool]

quote from john shepherd:

"They do that"