Twin 454Crusaders/Velvet In Line 20-01-005 Trans Noisy

Both of my V Drive Tranny's sound like they have a bunch of marbles rolling around in them. They do get quieter after they warm up. Is this normal?

Thank you all for any help

A few more details would help a bunch.......F-N-R, rpm, etc.

If you are talking about in gear, at idle (up to 1K RPM), I'd suspect the damper plates are worn a bit or the engine hasn't been tuned in a while. Its a common 'feature' on the older drives, too.

If they make the noise all the time, irregardless of gear selection, it could be the plates but more likely something inside (not good).

Many of the early models had issues the velvet drive attributed to poor maintenance by the owner. May wanna check the oil level and look for contamination.

BTW, I think those are "down angle" gears, not "in-line" (old style) gears.