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Howdy. I have had my 59 F100 I6 short bed for a few years with very few problems. I'm going to put in a new clutch kit and while under the truck I realized that the 3 speed with overdrive has a very long tail shaft has no support; just the 4 bolts on the bell housing. Not the original tranny. It sure looks like it could use a little more support. I may be getting a bit worrisome in my old age. There is a flat place on the bottom where a cross member would fit nicely. Total length 28" I welcome any helpful comments or opinions, please no insults. Thanks. 28" overall length, not sure where it came from, it is a side shifter Upside down image, easier to read hopefully
so if that chat is correct, it’s a T86. I’d start looking for a crossmember mount for it. Then it’ll be matter of figuring out how to make the oem design fit your truck. Good luck.
That is a lot of metal hanging out there but I took the same tranny with R10 O/D, and engine out of a parts truck I had that did not have a cross member in it either. How long have you been driving it like this?
Before you start "fabbing", remember that there needs to be a rubber mount between that crossmember and the transmission. I woud also suggest that you replace all the existing mounts first so the engine is in the correct position to fit the new crossmember. With all new mounts the engine/transmission should settle without any unusual forces on the tailshaft housing of the transmission.
Before you start "fabbing", remember that there needs to be a rubber mount between that crossmember and the transmission. I woud also suggest that you replace all the existing mounts first so the engine is in the correct position to fit the new crossmember. With all new mounts the engine/transmission should settle without any unusual forces on the tailshaft housing of the transmission.
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