Tranny cross member install problem....

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694spd

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Do I have this thing in backwards?
The FSM shows that the side that has the tab that is bent to retain the rubber mount in the cross member facing forward. That is the direction that I installed it, but know I have mounting bolt hole alignment issues....

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You are right. In fact I just found this photo that I took 3 years ago when I first got the car. It was in the other way in that photo.

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If you turn it 180 degrees and the holes line up I would guess that it's backwards because it doesn't look like it's level (parallel to the trans mount surface) anyway.

treblig
 
What I'm working on is a 10K mile unrestored car at has been parked since 1974. I'm not restoring it at least not now, but trying to retain as much of the factory look as I can. The car did not have the factory undercoating option so the floor pans were just that thin factory coating of the gray primer finish. There was a lot of that fine pepper rust on most of the pans. I decided then that this was one area that I wanted to address as it did not look too good. So last year I laid on my back and used a small wire tooth brush to remove the rust from the pans then sprayed it a satin gray using rattle cans. Sometimes I think that I should have just left it as it was.

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I would not have admitted to having a "tranny" anything.
 
:rofl:LOL! Rusty, your mind is in the gutter!

Naw, it just makes zero sense to me why people use such terms. Tranny and dizzy. Makes my head explode. Transmission and distributor. Took me like four seconds to type both words. With two fingers. And a hunk of pizza in my mouth.
 
Gearbox, 4 speed, 3 speed, 833, A833 I too attempt to "not use" the "T" word and I've never had an engine that had a "dizzy." Having said that there's a LOT of stupid slang

MAN!!! That looks like a nice car!!
 
Gearbox, 4 speed, 3 speed, 833, A833 I too attempt to "not use" the "T" word and I've never had an engine that had a "dizzy." Having said that there's a LOT of stupid slang

MAN!!! That looks like a nice car!!
I think you may have come up with a great new thread! " Terms that piss people off"
 
Gearbox, 4 speed, 3 speed, 833, A833 I too attempt to "not use" the "T" word and I've never had an engine that had a "dizzy." Having said that there's a LOT of stupid slang

MAN!!! That looks like a nice car!!

It is super clean, ain't it?
 
With the 4 bolt collectors on those headers, I would say they are old Blackjack or Appliance headers.
 
Naw, it just makes zero sense to me why people use such terms. Tranny and dizzy. Makes my head explode. Transmission and distributor. Took me like four seconds to type both words. With two fingers. And a hunk of pizza in my mouth.
I usually use "trans." , and hate the word dizzy-sounds really stupid on the users part.
 
Do I have this thing in backwards?
The FSM shows that the side that has the tab that is bent to retain the rubber mount in the cross member facing forward. That is the direction that I installed it, but know I have mounting bolt hole alignment issues....

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weired, mine will go in either way, just have to turn it the way the mounting pas will line up the best!
 
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