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12-29-2013, 07:25 PM
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New crossmember or short tube headers?
I have a 77 lwb that i need to replace the exhaust.It has long tube headers now . Who sells a CHEAP! Transmission crossmember to clear a 3" exhaust? Went to the junk yard to find a double hump crossmember. No luck. Pics of your setup PLEASE!!
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12-29-2013, 07:35 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
I just worked around with what I had, on my '77 l2swb. Duals, but still what you'd need to do to bring the passenger side over to the driver's side for single exhaust (if you went that way).
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12-29-2013, 08:05 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
Nice setup. Is that a kit? U have the same setup as me. I just hate how the drivers side has to be.
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12-29-2013, 08:34 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
Not a kit - I put it together with a wack of mandrel U-s and some straight tube.
I debated long and hard about modifying the driver's side of the crossmember when a student of mine (I teach high school Mechanics) stripped a trans mount hole in the case and the crossmember had to come off to Heli-Coil it. I decided it would be easier to just suck it up and run the pipe over. I couldn't figure out any "quick and dirty" ways of putting a structurally-sound hump in the driver's side.
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12-29-2013, 08:48 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
I had the same problem so I made a new one which gave me plenty of clearance.
 IMG_5979 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr  IMG_5984 by Jesse Rieger, on Flickr |
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12-29-2013, 08:58 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
That looks very reasonable. Was the e-brake cable an issue at all? Does it rattle against the exhaust?
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12-29-2013, 09:51 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
 3/4-1 ton cross member. Small notch for the trans mount. Tucks 3"
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12-30-2013, 02:26 AM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
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12-30-2013, 03:39 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
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http://www.earlyclassic.com/catalog.aspx
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01-11-2014, 10:57 AM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
are there any steps i need to take in removing the crossmember?
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01-11-2014, 12:40 PM
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Re: New crossmember or short tube headers?
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