izzo Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Fyi. From experience..... Google the dime quarterly. Volume 9 issue 2. In there is the dimensions you need for the 1" spacers. You can take that auto trans isolator off your auto, and put it on the dogleg or whatever it is you used. You need to flip the automatic xmember backwards. The bodyside dimensions on the brackets in the dime quarterly are correct. However, the xmember sides are wrong. What I did was drill and slot the body sides of the brackets, bolt them on, raise the xmember up and center it. Then mark where the holes need to be, and drill them in the xmember brackets. All you need is two 1"in tall x 3" wide rectangle tubing, 6 inches long. Then some little studs, nuts, lock washers, and washers. Good to go! Only takes about an hour. DONT do what I did and use 7/8th inch studs. They are to fucking big, and by that, I mean way to fucking big. You will have the most difficult time installing the cross member. you don't need giant studs, neither long nor thick (lulz). Should only cost you 20 or under in cost. I failed and bought 7/8ths inch unobitanium studs that were 6 bucks a piece and apparently made so tuff that even jebus couldn't break them. That's what they look like... Then mount to body, mark, drill, install, done forever. And to those questioning, YES.. the automatic driveline is the right size if you go from automatic to dogleg trans. ZX or others will need a shorter DL. the VG30.com or EE crossmember will require a Z trans isolator / mount or whatever you may call it. Its a one bolt design on the xmember side vs the two bolt. Rockauto has them cheap, but in a time crunch local would be better. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 ^thanks for the info Izzo!! Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 No problem. Have you swapped pedals yet? Quote Link to comment
BlkSSnCPT Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 any pics of them mounted to the body??? -Rob Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 You can see how the mount is flipped. You put the rear bolt in the body first, then put the bracket on (slot goes into bolt you just put in body)... Then you install other bolt. Wrench them down nice and snug... here's a pic. If you want more info, PM me. don't wanna hijack to much. Dude bought a EE mount so he doesn't need all this jazz in his thread :lol: Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 always postn pics of my cock block without telln me....... thanx izzo :P Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I just installed a Extreme Engineering crossmember in my 71 yesterday and it fit fine,, if your in doubt , measure from the bulge in the first circle under seat ( picture ) to bolt .. If it is 10 inchs (about 10 1/8th+ to center) your good,, the member is slotted so it doesn`t HAVE to be exactly 10 inches.. Bulge my member i just put in. The Z trans mount was bolted to trans like i mounted it but not sure which way it was supposed to point 1 Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I want that cross member. just has no fundage for that. so much other shit to take care of first. Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I want that cross member. just has no fundage for that. so much other shit to take care of first. Yeah, i bought to make the job easier,, and it did,, i saved on shipping cuz i was going through South park anyways. Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 X- member should be here Friday! Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 I just installed a Extreme Engineering crossmember in my 71 yesterday and it fit fine,, if your in doubt , measure from the bulge in the first circle under seat ( picture ) to bolt .. If it is 10 inchs (about 10 1/8th+ to center) your good,, the member is slotted so it doesn`t HAVE to be exactly 10 inches.. Bulge my member i just put in. The Z trans mount was bolted to trans like i mounted it but not sure which way it was supposed to point thats the same thick member I have it works great and it fits perfect Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 got some oics of a little work being done on 5teezy. the boo doing work Balls deep in that bitch 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 got some oics of a little work being done on 5teezy. the boo doing work Balls deep in that bitch I dont see any rattle cans and I hope that jack doesn't fail Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 No problem. Have you swapped pedals yet? I have....oics on page 4 don't wanna hijack to much. Dude bought a EE mount so he doesn't need all this jazz in his thread :lol: Don't worry about the highjack.......even though I'm not going that route....I"m a whore for info......and I learn better from pics too!! X- member should be here Friday! Key word there is "should"........one can only hope I dont see any rattle cans and I hope that jack doesn't fail No cans yet.......lots of prep to do. It didn't.....there was a stand there....you just can't see it. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Thx for the info and oics Banana!! Your member looks sweet!!! :rofl: Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Cool I just went thru this, so I didn't read all your stuff. But if you remove the gas pedal from the floor, you can see a third dimple to the right. Drill that out, screw the gas pedal to the new hole, and one previous old hole. Then you can either bend the gas pedal rod, or find one from a manual car... Easy peasy. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Nothing too exciting to update........foot's fractured so progress is limited.......I'm not one of those people that can sit still..... .....so I grabbed my booster spacer and decided to try my polishing skills. Hope this wasn't important........... Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 I put the 5/16" spacers in the rear......had to cut out two holes cause they were for 5 lug. Looks so much better! Before After Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 As you saw above....my wonderful woman did some grunt work... We're not going for perfection right now.......just smoothing out some wrinkles. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Man....I got my work cut out for me.... Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Departure scan from Portland Oregon at 4:26am today. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Oh man.......never given myself a deadline like this.... Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Picked up my Alt bracket yesterday morning. I had it drilled all the way through because the threads were wasted.....heli-coiled......then wasted again.......some people :no: Torque spec: Tighten until it starts to strip then back off 1/2 turn...........WTF??!! Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 I through drilled mine when my upgraded alternator sheared bolts twice! Never had trouble since. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted May 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Got a little done last night........ Too bad about the pits..... Quote Link to comment
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