1971 GMCe Lexus GS450H BMW 530e Tesla Model S Electruck [Upgrade]

[Gregski]

having eliminated the original crossmember that held the Turbo TH350 transomatic in place in the first place, I moved on to one with some drop, using rubber feets from my stock radiator core support (run what you brong!)

[Gregski]

just keeping the Work Harder Not Smarter theme alive

[Gregski]

mounting the transmission is by far the biggest job on this project

[Gregski]

I'm going with these Jeep like AMAZON motor mounts, figuring if they was strong enuff to hold an engine they ought to hold a transmission

now hang on to your comments as this is all just spit ballin' mock up, and that frame's got more twist and turns than you know it

[Gregski]

so like most I make big plans in my head and then use what I got layin' around the garage - ie sum random 2" square tubin'

[Gregski]

I like to class things up with rounded corners, ha ha

[Gregski]

one down three to go

slow is the tempo

[Gregski]

I just trace sum random washer I find laying around

and I do two passes, first one is a ruff cut with a cutoff wheel

[Gregski]

and the second pass is with lap sandpaper discs (I never use grind stones, they suck)

[Gregski]

and that gives us this

[Gregski]

which we make shinny for some JB Welding...

[Gregski]

tacking like a Boss !

[Gregski]

transferrin' dem holes!

[Gregski]

and time for the eyecrometer test

[johu]

Wow, that looks really nice, I mean erm good enough of course I do like the symmetry here.

[Gregski]

Wow, that looks really nice

hey you take that back!

I mean erm good enough of course

OK, that's better.

I do like the symmetry here.

my brotha from anotha motha, thanks, me too, it was really difficult to design while building and I had to put my symmetrical brain on hold for most of it as it's all pollywhompus, take these ends for example they want to mount where the frame goes down, and in, and turns

[Gregski]

I seriously found this metal piece sitting at a side of a dumpster a few years back, that's the quality of parts we are dealing with here people

it wasn't quite wide enuff so it got split and will get reweldered

[Gregski]

so this is what we are going for at the ends, sort of a clam shell design

[Gregski]

here is what one side will look like, still needs some trimming, nipping, and tucking but you git the idear

[Gregski]

and the mandatory stare and compare from 5 feet back, whilst sippin on a cold one, [noddin' yer head, like yeah I made that]

[Gregski]

so let's crack on

here's me doing the wax on wax off for what I hoped to be the 900th and final, (and I mean it this time) final time before a weldin'

[Gregski]

layin' down them dimes, [well, and nickels, some pennies, but mostly dimes...]

and it's totally straight if you turn your head to the side a little bit... ok, a little bit more

[Gregski]

you know what they say: "Grinder 'n Paint make me the welder I aint!"

seriously though, the back side had to be ground flat to mate with the trans bell housing plate, feel me?

the front was ground to hide the crappy welds!

[Gregski]

well dem ISOFORMA USA Amazon vendor peeps did us no favors weldering that stud aka bolt in there like that for us, shhh don't tell but gosh darn it was impossible to extract this contraption in it's current native state, so these bolts had to be liberated, thank you for using cheap easy to grind grade 5 hardware

and don't we all just luv buying new parts, just so that we have to modify 'em!

[Gregski]

alright there it is, the transmission supported by a custom rubber mounted bracket, I won't lie it was a massive amount of work, but I am very pleased with the result - whacha all think? be gentle I have very thin skin (that's why I post on the Internets, ha ha)