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Old 11-15-2016, 12:25 AM
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Look Ma, no hands!

This afternoon I completed the last piece of the trans mount. Pretty simple piece. Made from the same 1/4" x 2" plate as the floor pan brace, V cut, bent and welded. Then 2ea 5/16" bolts on each side to the floor pan/trans tunnel brace/support. I made the mount about 3/16" narrow so that tightening puts tension on the braces.

As I did before and after on the crossmember, as to measuring sag with the engine weight, I did on the trans mount. Zero sag. I'm really surprised since the trans mount is carrying a good amount of weight. The motor mounts are between the first and second row of cylinders, so 3/4 of the weight of the engine and the transmission is on the trans mount.



Took the measurement between the transmission yoke and the diff to get the driveshaft made. I used a local company for my jeep project with great success, so I'll drop the related hard parts off at the shop tomorrow.


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