makes no diff if the clutch is pushed in or not. its a LSD 6puck sprung disc with maybe 10k miles on it, and looked fine before putting in.
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also. today it was a little dry, and i had some road in front of me, so i laid into 3rd gear till probably 7500+rpms (on a shitty basemap). made it the rest of the way to work and back (another 60+miles) with no change in noise or anything else noticeable...
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im trying to track down another piston/rod, i might swap it out this weekend. pretty good chance i pull the pan/rod caps off again for giggles, along with pulling the crankpulley off to look at that.
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tech at work listened to it. (and has been hearing me talk about it) didnt have much to say, just looked like he was thinking, then made a comment about a waterpump, but still didnt even sound convinced himself?