no cross member under manual transmission

[prodjay10]

I have a 1971 c10 short bed I bought about a year ago. I had the tranny taken off because of oil leaks that I wanted to take care of. Turns out the tranny has nothing supporting it other than the e-brake cables that run under it.

It is supposed to have one, correct?

Would I have to custom make one or are there cross members pre made for this application?

Thanks for the help.

[randy500]

No crossmember from the factory and not needed in stock form. Chevy did that to other older model cars too.

[prodjay10]

Thanks for the reply.

I thought I had mentioned this in the first post, but does it matter if its a muncie and the case is aluminum? I've driven it about 5k miles this way with no problems that I can think of caused by.

[randy500]

Originally Posted by prodjay10

Thanks for the reply.

I thought I had mentioned this in the first post, but does it matter if its a muncie and the case is aluminum? I've driven it about 5k miles this way with no problems that I can think of caused by.

I have run a Muncie but when I did that I did install a rear crossmember and removed the one from the bellhousing, I did it to protect the trans as that is how it was meant to be mounted.

I thought you were talking about the stock cast iron 3spd or 4spd, those take a lot of abuse and never seen a problem with them just hanging from the cast iron bellhousing.

[LockDoc]

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The M21's don't need a rear mount either. I ran one in my '67 Short stepside for a number of years with a bell housing mount. If you are going to put a rear cross member mount in it you should remove the bell housing mount. 3 point mounting is not recommended....

LockDoc

[prodjay10]

Thanks for the replies.