Snow Ball #2 - 72 Swinger
point of no return today
after getting the 518 trans up near the dart floor
We cut the trans cross member
want to keep as much as possible
need a way to set trans height
to get to 2" between the drive shaft yoke to the floor
works out to 3* down at the engine centerline
We noticed that the crossmember is double plated between the bolt holes.
So, we cut pie slices out of the sides, to bend the cross member UP for clearance.
The top center of the cross member is cut, it will get 2 1"square tubing> bent to upside down U shape of cross member, welded into place
also noticed that the tubes where the bolts pass thru are not welded in, but are part of the double plate,
they will get welded into the cross member, where the tube and cross member touch
you can see the (cheater tool)/ height gauge tool in this pic
made it easier than constantly checking the angle finder
plus with it jacked up against the floor , helped keep the trans stable
point of no return today
after getting the 518 trans up near the dart floor
We cut the trans cross member
want to keep as much as possible
need a way to set trans height
to get to 2" between the drive shaft yoke to the floor
works out to 3* down at the engine centerline
We noticed that the crossmember is double plated between the bolt holes.
So, we cut pie slices out of the sides, to bend the cross member UP for clearance.
The top center of the cross member is cut, it will get 2 1"square tubing> bent to upside down U shape of cross member, welded into place
also noticed that the tubes where the bolts pass thru are not welded in, but are part of the double plate,
they will get welded into the cross member, where the tube and cross member touch
you can see the (cheater tool)/ height gauge tool in this pic
made it easier than constantly checking the angle finder
plus with it jacked up against the floor , helped keep the trans stable