[T3] *thwaaak* What Was That Sound?

[Robert Donath]

I am in San Mateo and can also recommend Fred,s for fast and reasonable service on my daily driver '69 square

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On Jan 23, 2012, at 8:08 AM, "John L. Morgan IV" <emailjohnmorgan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Mark,
> 
> I lived in San Francisco for four years with my Fastback.  I highly
> recommend
> CITY AUTOMOTIVE
> mechanic
> vw tenderloin
> Neighborhood: Civic Center/Tenderloin
> 466 Eddy St
> (at Hyde St)
> San Francisco, CA 94109
> *(415) 776-2680
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/city-automotive-san-francisco
> 
> The guy is German, works on VWs and Porsche.  He knows his stuff.
> Otherwise, I had to take the car about 20  minutes out of town to
> Fred's Garage
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/freds-garage-vw-and-audi-redwood-city
> *
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Mark Fuhriman <mfuhriman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> '69 Fastback, Manual Transmission
>> 
>> Parallel parking on a steep hill in San Francisco today.  (Yes, a real
>> steep hill).  Running in reverse, going kind of slow, sort of slipping the
>> clutch in and out as I ease up toward the curb and into the parking space.
>> Then all of a sudden a loud *thwaaack* sound from under the car startled
>> me.  99% sure from the transmission area.  Sounded like some kind of gear
>> tooth slip.  Freaked me out, but I got parked OK and made it home later no
>> problem.
>> 
>> I had a look underneath later and found nothing obviously loose or
>> otherwise amiss.  Is something loose or broken?  Or crooked?  The
>> transmission has always worked fine over the 12 years I have owned the car.
>> Don't worry about it?  Thanks for any ideas.
>> 
>> Mark
>> '69 Fastback
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