Ok well as far as that sound yes it was coming from the tranny and yes from what the previous owner said there is basically no 3rd 4th or 5th gears. I was also told that this is the sound of the gears turning over at idle. it only clanks 3 times so thats why I was thinking that this sound could be the bad gears. I will try to post up a sound clip or something as soon as I can