Zion
Registered User
After exhausting both the ratchet-strap and skid steer methods of installing a trans, I finally borrowed a jack and got it in. Only issue now is cross member fitment/selection, and how to secure the mounting bracket with only one usable bolt.
The threaded mounts on the ZF5 were already pretty bent up, but the JD sent one to the afterlife. I’ve got both cross members, 2WD ZF5 and 4WD T19, and fitting one is more difficult than described. Right off the bat, the ZF5 member wasn’t mean for a transfer case, so it slams it into the floor pan if you mount it. That leaves the T19 member and it funky mounting system. The cross member itself has two biscuits on which a mounting plate sits. The mounting plate bolts to the trans, but floats on the member. Not sure if that is fine, especially since there will be only one aluminum thread available.
I don’t believe I want to start modifying the cross member until I get the process ironed out more. With that being said, all I need to know is how to secure the trans to the mount in the absence of a bolt, and if the T19 cross member will fly.
The threaded mounts on the ZF5 were already pretty bent up, but the JD sent one to the afterlife. I’ve got both cross members, 2WD ZF5 and 4WD T19, and fitting one is more difficult than described. Right off the bat, the ZF5 member wasn’t mean for a transfer case, so it slams it into the floor pan if you mount it. That leaves the T19 member and it funky mounting system. The cross member itself has two biscuits on which a mounting plate sits. The mounting plate bolts to the trans, but floats on the member. Not sure if that is fine, especially since there will be only one aluminum thread available.
I don’t believe I want to start modifying the cross member until I get the process ironed out more. With that being said, all I need to know is how to secure the trans to the mount in the absence of a bolt, and if the T19 cross member will fly.