Cut out the floor board. Really wanted to stay away from a body lift, so I'm cutting the heck out of the floor. Had to pull all the heat-a/c equipment out. I want to re install the heater. The passenger floor board is also in need of some repair.
Had to lift the motor up several inches, so it was time to get rid of the piece of crap motor mounts. Turned out the brackets were all bent to
and both had some major cracks. glad it's all out and no turning back now...
The new mounts for the motor are made from leaf springs. I used some dodge springs and cut the last four inches off. That gave me a flat plate with a bushing on the end. Then I cut the bushing off the shackles and this gave me the ears to bolt the bushing between. Then I used stock chevy motor mount plates and cut them dow a little and welded the shackle ears on. I bolted them to the motor and then slid the bolt through the leaf spring bushing. The flat part of the spring sat just perfect on top of the frame rail. After checking the height of the motor as wel as level and centered we burned in the plates. Then I cut two pieces of spring and gusseted from under the bushing diagnally down to the frame. It's not real pretty, but don't see it getting bent and should isolate the vibration compared to the solid mounts.
Hoping to get the transfer case mounts made tomorrow. stay tuned for more updates......
