You rely on your driveshaft as a transmission mount?

I didn't say it would cause it to fail. I like using the right parts and I like installing them with the right tools. I don't like cutting corners. You two go circle jerk over your own rigged trucks; mine will be taken care of properly.

ok. so youre just sayin that modifyin existin equipment (that is more than up to the task) to accept beefier and stronger hardware is a bad thing... gotchya.

i would say get her rhino lined in red. that would look sharp! :-X22

Um, I was joking. Personally, I'd probably elongate the holes and have at it. But, I figure it's every person's right to fix their stuff the way they want to.

The part wasn't "beefier" or stronger. The studs were simply spaced 1/8" wider than the stock piece. Why are you so dead set on me using a part that shouldn't be there when I can just go buy the right part?

ok. i just totally made myself an @$$ thanks to my misinterpretation... the way i read it, the studs were 1/8th inch too big for the holes. my bad. i humbly apologize.

No worries.

Sure. Works like a charm. The "Other" mount is just there to look pretty.

:-liessign

Half-assery is incredibly fun sometimes! I did an engine swap ON my truck last year, and improvised a choke from some steel wire, run up through a hole I drilled under the console:
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs254...._6519561_n.jpg
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs254...._2969411_n.jpg
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs274...._3155338_n.jpg
And let's not forget my custom exhaust!
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs274...._1762200_n.jpg

Yeah, it was a lawn mower, but I did the swap ON my truck. Get it? ;)

And then there's my extended fuel filler for my flatbed:
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs078...._3178322_n.jpg
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs078...._4139454_n.jpg

Oh, and my favorite, custom fiber* headlight alignment bushings:
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs114...._4461878_n.jpg
*So what if the fiber is wood pulp in the form of paper?

And my improvised 1,000+ pound loading system:
http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs046...._4262512_n.jpg

Okay, I must confess, I was just looking for an excuse to post some of my photo backlog. Forgive me?

To be remotely on topic, I got my truck sort-of-stuck today, twice. But I got out with a grain shovel, just had to dig the snow out from around my diffs and transfer case a couple times.

fords dont get stuck, they park in strange places for random amounts of time!!!

:-X10 :-drink

True enough!

^^^^^^^^^LMAO

:-missingt :-missingt :-X24 :-missingt :-missingt
Oh man, that is going in my sig!

Looking good, and I see you even have space on both sides of it that you can fit some smoke stacks :D which in turn is allthe reasons you should need to convert to a diesel engine :p

I have a box like this one, the same design but wider, and I have it bolted down with six 1/4" bolts and nuts. It's a pretty clean install I think, and even if I some day remove the box the holes are so tiny I won't be losing anything through them. In your case I'd go with four bolts, but make sure you use good SAE washers on both sides (inside the toolbox and under the bed). Knowing how loaded my toolbox can get, I wouldn't trust velcro to hold yours in place.