5 speed transmisson question
 

What is the purpose of the piece of cast iron hanging under crossmember at the rear of transmisson ? Does it slide up and down?

Can you post a pic? Is this on the tranny, or on the crossmember?

It is bolted to the crossmember.The same bolts that attach tne tr

ansmisson mount.I will have to have help posting picture. Will try later

It is about 2.5 X 6 inches with a slot in the middle thro which a T shape strap about 6 inches long goes to the bolts

Text me the pic and ill post it.

Never seen that before. almost looks like an exhaust hanger. Did the truck have stacks on it at one time? Whatever it is, it doesn't need to be there and you can probably take it off.

That piece is a vibration damper for the transmission, it does not slide.

We have a winner! That's exactly what it is.

never seen one on any truck i've been under. weird.

I've only seen them on 94.5's and some 95's, I cannot ever recall seeing one on a 96 or 97 truck.

there is not one on my 94.

Oh now I have to go slither under both our '95s this weekend, just to see if either one has this. Vague memory says "no" on both, but this darn incurable curiosity says "look".

No need to crawl under, just bend over and look, or stand off at a distance and look, the bottom of it hangs down about 4 inches from the bottom of the trans.

don't have one on mine and it's 95 but somebody has been under my beast a lot so it could have been removed..

Huh, never seen one like that before! You learn something new every day.

I would have guessed like Bill did that it was an exhaust hanger of some kind.
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