Originally posted by Big Jim:
The Ranger manual trans used in the 80's was made by Mazda and had gear roll over noise. Many Ranger owners needed to be educated to the fact that the noise was not harmful.
Yup, first time I ever heard it was in my '86 Toyo Kyogo (Mazda) Ranger tranny. Didn't think it was a problem though. It's probably of no small coincidence that an alloy transmission housing will allow more audio radiation than a cast iron cased MTX.
Karl
