About 7 mos ago I had a new trans and starter installed (underwarranty b/c prev owner knocked it out) hence I got a killer deal on the car ('98 SVT Contour)and everything has been going just fine. Until yesterday when I went to shift from 2nd to 4th, I ran it up to 6500, pushed in clutch (granny shifting not powershifting)and all the sudden I heard this strange growling like noise coming from the engine upon deceleration. So I just put in neautral revved it up to about 6000 or so and the same growling like noise kind of like dragging a cinder block accross the sidewalk not some high pitch grinder like noise. So I shut it off and parked for about 15 minutes. Crawled around didnt see anything leaking, checked the oil and nothing. So I got back in, turned off everything, and hit the starter. Now it sounds like the starter is lugging and I'm thinking that it might be dragging on just not disengaging period. My warrranty expires w/in 6000miles or 4mos. Any suggestions or ???????????????
