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Its just in to make sure it fits, and to mock up the support brackets. The transmission is being held in place by a floor jack. I hope the back comes down a 1/2 inch or so, it might give enough clearance on the intake manifold.
It kind of looks like the case is tucked into the frame rail, way to high. When it comes down to where it belongs it will hit the lower flange? I'm pretty sure I'm going with the 205, just need to notch the adapter for the shifter. Searching the web it seems the 205 was the best solution from the guys with 78-79 Broncos. The 205 may have a driveshaft clearance issue though with the E4OD. I've got an AOD so I think I'm OK there.
Have you verified the transmission center is offset to the passenger side the same amount as the center line of the motor? Basically making sure the motor and transmission are parallel with the frame rails. If not that might help or hurt your clearance. If you use poly mounts I think a tight clearance on the lower flange would be ok since the motor will torque sway from the lower frame rails when put under load.
That intake looks tough! Look forward to seeing how it all together.
Thanks, I went with the 3 row. I had read conflicting info on the efficiencies of 2, 3 and 4 row. the deciding factor for me was, I found this one on eBay NIB for $100.
I see you knotched the firewall for the intake. How did the trans/transfer case work out?
Yes had to notch the firewall about 1/2 inch where it was pinch welded. The other option was to elongate the holes on the tower brackets to pull the motor forward and inch. The firewall was sacrificed.
He has the TC in and is making a mounting bracket from the donor truck. You are correct, The TC is tucked up in and rotated up on the drivers side 10-15 degrees to get the clearance. Hope to have the Tc finalized by next week with drive lines in. He has done this with a couple other builds so I am confident he will make it work.
Looks like lots of room with it clocked up like that. I think 91 was the last year for mechanical speedometers. Is there a drive on your transfer case?
Looks like lots of room with it clocked up like that. I think 91 was the last year for mechanical speedometers. Is there a drive on your transfer case?
No, but the spot is still molded into the case. He said he can drill it out and make the mechanical speedo work.
Looks like lots of room with it clocked up like that. I think 91 was the last year for mechanical speedometers. Is there a drive on your transfer case?
I ended up buying a 89 transfer case for $50 that has the mechanical speedometer. Changed out the tail housing and main shaft so the speedometer will work. Also fixed the oil pump mounting flaw on the BW1356
Yeah, got a buddy that “supervises” every so often and he likes to leave his mark.
Got it the floor pan welded in from where the heater core leaked. The rest is just surface rust and will be cleaned up before the sound deadner, foam and carpet go down.
The bottom side looks much better as far as the rust.
Also got the transfer case case in and mounted and hooked up the drive shafts.
Up next is installing the new fuel tank, the nostalgic air ac and finish up the wiring harness. Maybe able to fire it up in the next week.
06-29-2019, 07:24 AM
