Turbo 400 Crossmember and filter

[bownut]

Had a question on my rig. To give a little background, it is an '84 K5 that had the stock 350 and 700r4 swapped over to a late 80's IROC 350 and a Turbo 400 by the prior owner. Anyway, I've had a small tranny leak so I decided to drop the old pan and gasket and install a new one tonight. What I noticed for the first time was that to make the swap work, they dropped the stock crossmember abut an inch and built a spacer above to support the 400. I attached a pict of it currently. This wasn't an issue until I installed the 4" lift. Now I see my knuckle is laying on the crossmember and if I put it in 4 wheel, it's going to definitely make some noise. Does anyone have a pict they could post for me of what a turbo 400 crossmember should look like? Also, the filter that was in the turbo 400 kit I picked up at the parts store is wrong. Instead of a flat one pictured, this one is tucked up alonside the housing. I left the old one in since it appeared they had just did a tranny oil change, but must have pinched the gasket. I have not seen one like this before, but then the only other turbo 400 I have had was a 2wd. Thanks.

 

[YZEATER]

knuckle hitting the crossmember? you mean the driveshaft?

 

[bownut]

The knuckle, right where the u-joint connects the two yokes on the top of the shaft. It is actually sitting right on the crossmember. I have some other crossmembers at home that may work, but I wanted to see what one for the 400 was supposed to look like if someone happened to have a picture handy.

 

[YZEATER]

i bet you mean the cv joint. i think the crossmemeber you need is the W shaped one. it's higher in the center so you can take out the homemede mount.

 

[bownut]

Yep, that's it. Thanks.

 

[1-tonmudder]

Yeah you need the other X-member.It looks like somebody has made a spacer between the adapter and X-member.I have one if your interested.

Not mine,but here's what they look like.

 

[Cricket]

I have one if your interested.

Please keep the parts offers in PM's or e-mail.

 

[1-tonmudder]

Sorry,my bad.

 

[YZEATER]

i still think he would need a tall adapter also, to go tith that crossmember.

 

[dyeager535]

No, looks to me like he HAS the short adapter, instead of replacing the crossmember, they made an adapter to bridge the difference between the short and tall adapter/crossmeber.

Half a dozen one way, six the other I guess. Would certainly have been smarter/easier to just get the crossmember the tranny/t-case came from.

"W" or "Single Hump" crossmember will likely solve your issue with the driveshaft. But cause one with the exhaust.

 

[bownut]

Thanks. Exhaust isn't an issue since it is being sh*tcanned soon for a new setup. It is getting a little weak in spots and they also brought the tips right out in front of the rear wheels. I had to cut the ends off since they interefered with the rear 4" lift springs when I put them in.

 

[dyeager535]

If you are playing around under the truck, any chance you can measure the distance from bottom of frame rail to the bottom of that crossmember? (just a 2x4 across the bottom then the gap measured to the frame rail would be accurate enough)

It seems like the later crossmembers/t-cases hang down a lot more, but I can't figure out why. They match the t-case, in your picture, you can clearly see that. The single hump crossmember alone will provide frontal protection for your t-case, whereas now the t-case is nothing but a rock catcher.