[MetroMPG]

^ whoops!

I had been talking about this earlier with Tim, and the idea of busted damper springs came up. It might have explained the noises.

I wonder if a loose part of a coil was the culprit, jammed somewhere on the clutch surface. That would explain the messed up friction point and excessive squealing.

Whatever it is, I bet it's sitting in the bottom of the transaxle bell housing right now. The mystery will have to wait until I swap transmissions... I have an extra one from a Swift 1.3 SOHC with the tallest 3.52 final drive.