Tranny Crossmember advice

[ratdude747]

I'll be going back the JY today to get in-store credit for the crossmember... I may toss my tools in my wife's car and see if I can find a 94 or older with a crossmember that is removable (read: no tranny) and intact. If so, then I'll install that (which can be done with the brackets left on).

 

[ratdude747]

After church I decided to pull my tranny mount, since if it had a problem there would be no better time to inspect it. Sure enough, it's dry rotted bad and the rubber almost completely split on both sides. Good thing I took a look

Also, tracking shows the eBay crossmember as coming in tomorrow. I have work in the morning, but if I'm free (and not dead) in the afternoon I'll fit it up. As it is, looking at where everything is, my tranny's position looks the same as in the listing's pictures. IIRC I didn't raise the tranny much during crossmember removal, maybe a 1/4", just enough to get the load off the member. The bottom of the mount was above the bottom of the frame rail by a good 1.5-2.5" which looks to match the profile of the ebay crossmember.

 

[jeremysdad]

Hope it works, let us know how it goes and any issues you run into. Might do a tech article, could help others in the same situation.

Sorry if I came over like a jerk...think your post had a bad reaction with my beer. Lol.

 

[ratdude747]

Hope it works, let us know how it goes and any issues you run into. Might do a tech article, could help others in the same situation.

Sorry if I came over like a jerk...think your post had a bad reaction with my beer. Lol.

Well, I do have updates. I went to pull-a-part and snagged a crossmember off a 1994 B3000. Oddly it seems that some of the 94's had the bushings too. Not this one. Hell, I think it may have been the only RWD 3.0 on the lot (I was needing an alternator bracket, so that was an easy win).

The truck had a manual transmission and also had a lot of the front engine/intake stuff removed along with the cat. First, I removed the shift lever and boot and also yanked the driveshaft. Then, I removed the mount-to-crossmember nuts. After that, I removed the three nuts holding the cross member and tapped the flag bolts through the frame, which made the tranny/engine drop. From there, dodging the dripping tranny fluid (not a lot), I tilted the engine/transmission assembly forward which allowed the crossmember to fall free. There still is the radius arm brackets under the assembly; the manual also probably weighs a lot less than an A4LD so I felt a bit better leaving the truck like that.

I checked, no forklift damage. Based on the rim stands being right against the crossmember, it's safe to say the forks never touched it.

These crossmembers are a hot commodity as half of the one trucks were missing them. Exploders included.

I will have to remove one of the old brackets from my truck as the passenger's side uses 2 of the 3 rivet holes for bolts. The drivers side can stay but for aesthetics, I'll remove it as well.

This means I'll be shipping the new crossmember from ebay back. I may at least open the box and measure it against the 1994 crossmember.

I also bought the transmission mount spec'd for the 1994 3.0 RWD Automatic, which is different. I bough a duralast one, which uses the same part numbers as Anchor. The 1995 one is 2666, the 1994 one is 2639. Since the applications of the two appear (from a rough look) to correspond with the two types of crossmember, my hope is that swapping the crossmember and mount as a set will result in a result in no major vibration issues.

While I was at it, in addition to swiping the alternator bracket (mine is stripped and $5 at PAP beats $30 for metric helicoil), I also nabbed the rear stabilizer bar, a feature my Ranger is missing. I got the bar, bushings, U-bolts, and link-to-bar nuts. I wasn't able to drop the gas tank so no luck on the links. The link bushings were kinda shot anyway, so I figure I'll (in time) get new links and then install the upgrade.

 

[jeremysdad]

Tldr.

Tailgate is for bullshitting, not 'urgent help'.

Unless you're trying to sell parts...there's a section for that, as well.

 

[ratdude747]

Tldr.

Tailgate is for bullshitting, not 'urgent help'.

Unless you're trying to sell parts...there's a section for that, as well.

I know. As I posted last night

I guess this thread can be moved then since I've made a purchase.

So, all that needs to happen is for this thread to be moved by the mods. Until then, you and others asked on how it turned out... so I gave an update.

PS- I'm filing for a return through ebay, so no parts for sell.

 

[jeremysdad]

I know. As I posted last night



So, all that needs to happen is for this thread to be moved by the mods. Until then, you and others asked on how it turned out... so I gave an update.

PS- I'm filing for a return through ebay, so no parts for sell.

Your 37 paragraph posts were too hard to read.

Hope you enjoy your 'return shipping'.

PM me your number...not done punching trolls today.

 

[ratdude747]

I started a new thread outside of Urgent Help:

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1556700

I did get some measurements on the aftermarket crossmember; the results are a bit surprising... that's in the new thread.