I have a 1997 3.2 TL with 67k miles on it. It has started to make a clunking noise when shifting from 1st to 2nd. It is coming from the drivers side front and sounds like a bad u-joint would. It only happens when the car is under a load. If I start off slow, the noise is not present.Any ideas on what I should be looking for?Thank you in advance.Lee

 

test the cv joints- do a slow from stopped-rolling start- very slow- with the wheels turned to full lock- now try the other way
Any click click noise
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Also the motor mounts go bad and will clunk
Beyond that, have a transmission shop drive it and diagnose if its internal trans