The pic of the tranny magnetic plug?  Quite a bit of metal there, more
than i usually see on most of them I have changed (except when I corn-cobbed
the teeth right off the input shaft of my GT racer's tranny)..  Maybe  it'd
be informative to do another change of fluid and another look for metal on
the drain plug?  You could just quickly stuff something in the hole after
removing the plug and take a quick look without changing the oil, too.   How
long did you go to get the filings you show in your pic?
  If you pull that plug again and see another significant batch of metal
filings you maybe should consider taking remedial action before something
lets go inside and makes a real mess.
  Don Hanson

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 6:47 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I wrote a while back about a "clucking" noise in my transmission. At
> that time, I heard it in 1st and 2nd, but while recording noise today,
> barely heard it in 2nd.
>
> Audio clip is my '81 Westy coasting - under power - coasting in 1st,
> then briefly under power in 2nd. All downhill. On level road I go from
> coasting to under power in 1st. Sound goes away under power.
>
> http://tubanick.shawwebspace.ca/videos/view/tranny_test_1st2nd_gear/
>
> Any opinions on what sound may be? As advised, I swapped the oil out
> to Redline MT. This *may* account for sound not being as apparent in
> 2nd gear. Transmission operates fine otherwise.
>
> Pic of metal found on plug at time of oil change:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/y8a4lzc
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Neil.
>
> --
> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
>