Ok , I rebuilt the transmission over the winter, new bearings and syncros and sliders. Transmission is back in and the good news is that  I now have 3rd gear back. In the past I could never shift into 3rd gear.  I have a temporary eBay CPlus shifter in as the original went to Hurst for rebuild, but that takes 8 weeks.

Does your clock work?   Sorry I just could not help myself.

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Right now the clock is out of the car, so that's not the root cause. By the way I have the clock running on a power supply after I filed the points. This seems to be a common cause for inop clocks. Does anyone know where you can buy new points?

You didn't say if you had replaced the clutch and throughout bearing. the throughout bearing sounds suspect, though it usually changes tone when engaged (when noisy) unless it's engaged full time. Though I'm new to Chevys, I've replaced several new throughout bearings on Fords that were faulty. Good luck Jack.

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Jimmy B.
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Yes, I did replaced the clutch, pressure plate and pilot and through out bearing. I also had the flywheet resurfaced. I will pull the starter and the cover plate at the front of the bell housing to see if I can see anything wrong. I hate the thought of pulling the transmission again.

So if the clutch is in and it makes noise that at least rules out the tranny right? So is it a metal to metal noise and does it increase with RPM?

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Yes tranny seems to operate fine.

Found the root cause. I removed the starter and the front bell housing cover. That cover was rubbing in the end of the crankshaft. I took off the cover and reinsatlled starter. Everything sounds great.

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All right Jack !  Found a similar thing on the wife's inspection cover recently. Guess she hit a speed bump and caved it into the ring gear.

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Jimmy B.
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Glad that worked out for you.

Glad you figured it out. That's exactly what I was gonna suggest. I will also suggest you put the cover back on. It really needs to be one there to keep crap from flying up in there, and damaging anything. Small rocks will do the most unbelievable damage!!
The cover can be a pain to get installed correctly, but a little patience will get it done, as long as the cover is not bent. Just make sure the top lip is tucked in front of the lip of the oil pan, and you should be good to go. Most of the time, it will fall, and get stuck in behind the pan lip, and that's where the noise comes from.

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I need to replace the oil pan. There are big dents in the bottom. Also the formed circular part that closes off the rear of the oil pan in all bent. so it does not keep the bellhousing cover in place. As I do my test runs with the rebuilt transmission, I will stay off the back roads.