dear d.d., maybe I responded too quickly... I guess I misunderstood that your trans mount bracket was too wide for the new application. In my case I anticipated using the 240d manual trans bracket for the 300dt conversion but couldn't because it was too wide so I went back to the automatic trans bracket which was now too narrow for the new transmission. thats when I made the steel pieces as a "bridge" on each side of the tunnel. worked out well. cheers, mark