[gman]

For what It's worth, I used th same starter, same hurrendous noise. Took out tranny, checked everything put back together. Same thing. Got a fully charged battery an tried again. Sounded better but still a little odd to me. Got so mad I just kept using it. Figured if I couldn't figure it out and it wasn't hurting the ring gear on the flywheel I would just get another before final assembly. Started the car 100 times now and it doesn't sound as bad. I was going to ask the same question about gear reduction noise. Anybody?