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Pulled the fenders gave me the room to do the cuts using a mirror ... Didn't want to take out very much ..... Thought was to creep up on it .. "Great balls of fire" Seems that the column will need to be pulled and took apart .. There's a internal stop that will need to be dealt with ...

My Goodness what a slab of aluminum .. Needing to slice it in half .. Making up some spacers to drop the trans/transfer case in the frame .. Net a better driveshaft angle .. They will be installed between the crossmember and frame rails .. Did slice it into two pieces and holes are drilled ...

Almost .. Got a small bit of lean going on .. Got to take the T-case shifter off and heat up the welded on arm for a very slight bend .. At the moment it's ... Found the knob that will be used ... The chrome made the decision solid .. ( Dang old truck going to think it's a Bentley )

Long it is .. Dang ... I forgot to install the clutch pedal .. !! ( Never grow old. it screws with your memory ) Lol Or did I ?? ( Something still ain't quite right with this set up ?? ) I know what's up .. It's the wrong shift knob .. Option "B" Think Ill go with a wood shift knob...

Well, if that didn't turn into a chore ...

Well .... The effort is there ... If I can stay on it all day might get it on the truck by the end of the day .. ?? The slice ^ Not sure if I had got to the dice part or not .. ?? That's one side ... Threw on a few welds and will do a test fit on the truck .. Test fit said .. "Close...

Crossmember came in ... Not going to be a Plug & Play gig .. !! As with most all of parts for a Frankenstein there's a need for fine tuning .. Lets see what a tad of Slice & Dice will do for it ... Want too ?? That's one, five more to go ... Taking 1/2" off each side .. That should...

Think that's the old carpet ... ?? I have the replacement .. It's Limo carpet .. Back when I installed the sound deading mat I didn't know what all would be needed to do to install the overdrive trans .. Thoughts was at that time to reuse the hole for the t-case shifter .. As the trans was...

Patched the old shifter hole in the floorboard .. Must redo the sound deading mat .. Should have the crossmember here today ..

I agree .. The shifter won't be seeing much use cause it's only for the T-case .. Kind of a fake trans shifter ... Where the trans shifter is at is hidden, so to speak .. In the above photo the trans shifter can be seen. ( Or can it ?? ) Do you see it ?? (Said the blind man to his deaf...

BTW ... Pulled the trigger for a long Hurst stick .. The short stick would have worked, but didn't fit the build .. This was being made for GM trucks .. Thinking that would be the best stick to have for the truck ..

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Sure ... A few more days to wait for it .. Hopping there's enough room, just by eyeballing photos might be tight at the T-case ?? Soon to find out .. ________________________ Edit; Crossmember will be shipped tomorrow .. Most likely 3 day shipping from the Lone Star state .. ?? Palms are...

Well .... I'm ready for it ... Some hardware and a test fit, shifter will be done .. Good chance it'll work .. Nailed it ... Was thinking a longer stick would be a better choice, but this short stick is growing on me ..

They said they had 90 orders in front of mine !

Yippy-Ki-Yi-Yaaaaaa ! On the way to pick up the metal for finishing the T case shifter mount ... Just may have that working by the end of the day ?? The wait for the super, well made crossmember may be long .. I might attack the rear driveshaft (Must shorten it) and get it done and installed...

At this point in time I'm waiting to make a 30 mile trip for the needed angle iron .. Do want to get the T-case shifter done .. ... ASAP ... Also waiting on the store bought crossmember to get here .. Have been working on the doors, finish installing the keyless door locks, rebuilding both vent...

Slowly getting all required work done to install the 4L85 .. Have just a bit more to do on the transfer case shifter and dealing with both driveshafts .. The journey been a long one with this exasperating modification, not to mention the Rubes it's seen !! ... :eek: ...

Got the transmission crossmember yet to contend with ... Was wanting to use the og K10 that was on the truck .. With the 4L80 4x4 adapter in play, required making up a spacer, was told that a crossmember from a pre 87 K30 might net a better mount with no need for the made up spacer ...

Extending the shifter rods is going well, couldn't find the 7/16" round stock in a dumpster so I made a trip to Ace Hardware .. No clue where to weld the og rods to the new just yet, got to mount up the shifter and do some measuring ...

Went dumpster diving and found this piece of rust ... After a bit of clean up, thought it would work for the shifter to trans top mount .. Not sure about how tall I can make it .. Would like to see the part where the shift lever bolts on to be right at the bottom of the floor pan.. Guess...

Primitive ... But functional ...

This Baseball Pitcher has thrown it's last ball .. Do think I can fab up a Heavy-Duty mount from the steel .. Not going to be pretty, will mostly be functional ... Looks like it just may do the job .. Might have room for the mount to bolt on to the tail housing .. Not sure if it...

Just ordered a slab of aluminum to make the trans mount spacer .. Still have the driveshaft to shorten, and make up a over the trans case mount plate to move the transfer case shifter a few inches forward ... Got it in my head on how it will be made, got to run down some metal and get next to a...

Looks better in there without the headrests, I think ?? What do you Boys (And Gals) think about them ? Speaking of "Gals" have I got a surprise for them when they park it in the passenger seat ! The gig: The seats came with mechanical tracks ... I found the electric bases for both seats on...