Restoring Rusty

[Gregski]

and that's what I did, I mounted my old transmission crossmember back into place, but this time I did not flip it front to back like last time to get the bracket holes to align, this time the transmission was properly shifted / aligned on center so the bolt holes matched up

I did loosen the cab mounting bolts and lifted the cab just enough to remove those four top cross member bolts in the top frame rail, and I only dropped in the one on each side that fit the new hole position

on the bottom I was able to elongate one hole in the bottom brackets and use two bolts on the bottom

so in total my crossmember is held on with 3 bolts on each side

so this was a classic example of one step forward three steps back, I had to remove the exhaust, I had to undo the engine brackets, I had to loosen the cab bolts, etc....

was it worth it, hewz yes