sm465 and 205 combo...how the h*ll does the t-case mount to the frame!?

[broncoman6524]

on that truck im buildin i couldnt remember how the 205 mounts into the frame...

does it go. like this

the 2 rubber mounts on the frame
then the metal isolator
then to more rubber mounts on the crossmember thingy comin off the case
OR
2 rubber mounts
metal isolator
crossmember
then teh 2 more rubbers?

heres a pic of how i kinda rigged it up so it was held on and i could get to work ontime. lol

 

[70jimmy]

http://www.lmctruck.com/icatalog/cc/0058.asp


That might help you.

I looked at mine which is a 70 with an auto and 205 and it goes 2 rubber on top of frame then the isolator (metal piece with rounded corners), 2 rubber pieces, bracket from transfer case, 2 more rubber pieces then the angle from the side of the frame. *** now some of the rubber pieces are probably the part that sticks thru the hole to the othere side. I will see if I can snap a pic

 

[tarussell]

The problem might be that you are putting an older case with the side mount in a later model frame that now curves instead of staying straight down the frame rails. The Blazer frame changed at some point in the late seventy's after that mount was discountinued.

Tom

 

[broncoman6524]

huh....when i bought the frame. the case was in there...somehow. lol

anysuggestions?

 

[tarussell]

Fab up a new bracket and make it attatch to the frame like the O.E.M. one did . Some quality work with some large angle would probably do the trick .

Tom

 

[broncoman6524]

care to explain what you mean? like how i would make it mount?

 

[fatbob]

I didnt think they were used with the standard transmissions.
A friend had a '74 with a th350 and frame mount t/c bracket,
I had a '76 with a th350 and no bracket broke the tranny case 3 times
Then I had a '77 with the support rod that goes from the engine to the t/case, best version IMHO.

But I thought its purpose was to support the fragile aluminium tranny case from the torque stresses.
The cast iron 465 case is more than strong enough to handle it. Have you ever heard of one breaking?

Just sell it to an auto tranny and put the money in the project fund.

 

[broncoman6524]

Just sell it to an auto tranny and put the money in the project fund.

ah...but see ive got a th400 in my dd and HATE IT. i get so frickin bored! plus low gear. plus 2lo. plus probaly 4.88s and 38.5= whoopin burnout...lol

 

[fatbob]

Sorry, I meant to say sell the bracket to someone with an auto tranny, cause you probably dont really need it.

 

[broncoman6524]

oh...i gotcha. lol

 

[sweetk30]

if thats all the parts you got. then you are missing a bracket.

 

[broncoman6524]

hmmm. i believe that is in my pile of parts... i bet that would go over hwat i already have TEHN i bolt it down correct?

 

[sweetk30]

undo the nut on the top of the rubber you have in the pic. then set this ontop and bolt all down. and bolt threw side of frame rail.
i have never done one. but seen the blow up pic. wished i saved it tho.

 

[tarussell]

That bracket is for the reverse , or back lash torque , and it goes on the top side of the two rubbers.
I thought your question was how to mount that bracket up to the frame in that picture ? Is the bend in the frame rails the problem or is it the missing parts to the bracket assy . ???

Tom

 

[broncoman6524]

my orignial qeustoin was basically was that the right way to mount it? and i figure it out now. lol.

thanks k30 for the pic and taursell!
done.
bracket

finished product. ill clean it all up when iget poly mounts.

 

[sweetk30]

i see you also have the hd crossmember in that frame also.

i wish thay made one for the 1tons. oh well.

and the ears wont swap ether. frame is taller.