Motor Mount / Tranny Mount / Or me ?

[soxfan1966]

Hi all,

I have an 04 Boxster S with a manual transmission - car has 140K miles now. Waking it up from it's winter slumber - at least trying to if mother nature would cooperate. Have a few trips planned coming up and wanted to get the car in tip top shape to enjoy all summer.

I have noticed a sort of clank or bang that occurs occasionally when starting off in first gear and sometimes in second gear when shifting into that.

I've done some reading on the boards and do not find one thing that seems like a solid match for what the problem could be.

I think it may be the motor mount starting to go - but I do not get a lot of vibration, noise when turning (clanks), and I don't feel anything unusual on the shift handle when this occurs. There is some intermittent issue shifting into second gear when the car is cold, but having read about that I think it is unrelated (I did recently change the transmission oil which seems to have improved that issue).

I would be inclined to think the motor mount would be more likely than the tranny mounts from what I read, but throwing it out there in case anyone else has an idea on this.

My wife suspects it is just me and not getting a smooth shift when it occurs but even if I am extra careful it will still happen once in a while.

Could it be something with the clutch mechanism?

Any inout to help track this down would be appreciated. Thanks