Looking for NP205 torque mount bracket

[72K5Cowboy]

I have a 72 k5 that the guy seriously rigged up...

Looking for the torque mount brackets for the NP205 transfer case.

See picture for what I am looking for...

http://coloradok5.com/photos/data/50...2-0233_IMG.JPG


Any help would be great!

Giddy up

 

[Fordum]

A junkyard is a possibility, but I'm sure someone sells them. I had to build one for my Ford.
I found one for it in the junkyard, but when they went to fuel injection, they were no longer using the 205, so they used the mounting holes for the bracket for the fuel booster pump.

Wasn't too hard to build. I built it all out of 1/4 inch flat iron. Only two welds.

If you don't have any luck, I'll try to draw something with Paint that shows how I did it.
You might want to build it "upside down" from the way I did to get more ground clearance.

 

[72K5Cowboy]

Thanks for the advise.

Could you send a pic of your set-up.

Not sure I understand "upside down."

 

[Fordum]

Thanks for the advise.

Could you send a pic of your set-up.

Not sure I understand "upside down."

Sorry about that. It does not make much sense unless you see it.

I built the mount pictured out of either 1/4 or 3/8 steel plate about 4 inches across.
Its been almost 20 years since I built it, so I may be foggy on the details.
There is too much mud to crawl under and take a picture right now, but the drawing should show you what you need to know.

I drilled and mounted the plate onto the 205 first. Made it too long and let it hang down.
Mounted the piece to the frame, so it extended close to the piece on the 205.
Drilled two holes for 1/2 inch bolts through the piece between the bushings.
Dropped two bolts down through the holes and put two bushings on them.
Set the bushings on top of the frame mounted piece, slid the drilled piece over until it was hard against the piece mounted on the 205.
Marked where the end of that piece was on the frame mounted piece.
Drilled the holes in the frame mounted piece.
Mounted the middle piece between the bushings with washers and tightened the bolts down until the bushings were compressed slightly.

I had weighed the 205 before mounting it. Now I set a heavy duty set of scales between it and the jack. Jacked it up until the scales read the weight of the 205.
Took my welder and spot welded the middle piece to the piece mounted on the 205, careful not to get the bushings hot.

Unbolted the middle piece and the 205 piece and welded them together with a fillet for strength.
Cut off all the excess steel from the 205 piece, ground everything down smooth, and re-bolted everything back together.

As you can see, I came off the bottom of my frame and let the 205 piece go down.
For clearance, you might want to mount to the top of your frame and let the 205 piece go up. Thus the upside-down part.

And, of course, mine is a Ford, so the mount is on the other side.

Hope the picture is usable. I just threw it together.