[njsteve]

Funny thing about that alleged gear noise in the M22 (by the way every 1971 and 1972 four speed Trans Am came with an M22).

The gear whine sounds just like the Mopar A833 18-spline "hemi" transmission. When I first got my Trans Am on the road I thought something was wrong with the M22 because it was so quiet - I was so used to the loud A833 tranny in my old Hemi Charger that I was expecting some sort of "gravel in a blender" sound to come from a real M22.

When I had someone familiar with M22s listen to my tranny he said it sounded just like every other M22 he had heard. My response was: "So that's what all the hoopla is about???"