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Truckhead · 08-02-2005, 10:31 PM

I'm installing a TPI motor and 700R4 in my 70' C10 2wd Short. The stock crossmember just won't seem to go back in. I will be bagging my truck in the future so can you guys recommend an aftermarket crossmember to work?

Thanks.

Any other tips for this install would be helpful.

Truckhead · 08-02-2005, 10:36 PM

I'm looking at the ECE crossmember but i wanted to check here first.

sixty8c10 · 08-03-2005, 06:39 PM

all i had to do was slide the motor foward about 1/4 inch...the holes in the motor mounts were elongated so this was not a problem.....and put my stock x-member in the th400 location...then everything bolted right up.

sixty8c10 · 08-03-2005, 06:41 PM

the motor mounts i'm taliking about are the ones that bolt from the frame to the x-member the 2 holes in the top on the frame are elongated.

72MARIO · 08-04-2005, 03:55 PM

I used the stock one with my 700R in the 8 and 6 cyl position. You may have to drill new holes in the frame but it will work even with a bagged truck. The ECE or CPP and Brothers crossmembers are all the same. I have seen it in a local shop here looked good but why spen the money if yours will work ? Be sure to install the stocker with the slope back not towards the front.

08-02-2005, 10:31 PM	#1
Truckhead 18436572 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Waynesboro, Va. Posts: 488	Aftermarket Trans crossmember I'm installing a TPI motor and 700R4 in my 70' C10 2wd Short. The stock crossmember just won't seem to go back in. I will be bagging my truck in the future so can you guys recommend an aftermarket crossmember to work? Thanks. Any other tips for this install would be helpful.

08-03-2005, 06:39 PM	#3
sixty8c10 MY EX DRIVES A BROOM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Herington, KS Posts: 869	all i had to do was slide the motor foward about 1/4 inch...the holes in the motor mounts were elongated so this was not a problem.....and put my stock x-member in the th400 location...then everything bolted right up. __________________ They say nobody's perfect. I'm a nobody, so I must be perfect. Building Nemo -1968 C10 Long Bed FRED -1947 KB-2 International

08-03-2005, 06:41 PM	#4
sixty8c10 MY EX DRIVES A BROOM Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Herington, KS Posts: 869	the motor mounts i'm taliking about are the ones that bolt from the frame to the x-member the 2 holes in the top on the frame are elongated. __________________ They say nobody's perfect. I'm a nobody, so I must be perfect. Building Nemo -1968 C10 Long Bed FRED -1947 KB-2 International

08-04-2005, 03:55 PM	#5
72MARIO Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Huntsville Ontario Canada Posts: 4,052	I used the stock one with my 700R in the 8 and 6 cyl position. You may have to drill new holes in the frame but it will work even with a bagged truck. The ECE or CPP and Brothers crossmembers are all the same. I have seen it in a local shop here looked good but why spen the money if yours will work ? Be sure to install the stocker with the slope back not towards the front. __________________ 1968 Suburban numbers matching all original truck now equipped with 6.0/4L80 on Accuair http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=625017 1967 C/20 6.0/4L80 Roofing Truck 1990 V2500 Suburban "Plow Truck" 2005 TAHOE DD

08-02-2005, 10:36 PM	#2
Truckhead 18436572 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Waynesboro, Va. Posts: 488	I'm looking at the ECE crossmember but i wanted to check here first.



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