One wire lock-up, 4 spd automatic w overdrive into A-body.

jbc426 said
"PS - remember that the hollow piece of pipe inside the cross member is attached to the other hollow pipe. It's basically one long 10" piece of 1 1/2" wide strap with the end curled up into cylinders. Like the end of a leaf spring except it's curled on each end and welded into the cross member. It makes it very difficult to remove because it pretty heavy metal strap and it's surrounded by the cross member.
Have Fun!!!"

Mine came right out. I used a sawzall to cut straight up just to the outside of the bolt hole. It was not welded, rather just held in place by the crimped shape of the crossmember. It may have a tack weld in the bottom, but the round end and a small amount of the strap is all that remained once I made the cut. I used a drill to enlarge the hole and pried the metal back to pull it out.

When I make the new one, I'll just drill one side large enough to slid it into place then tack weld it.....and grind it a little. :)

Once you get the tranny all the way up in there you should also find that it just hits on the opposite side (passenger) where that flat ear sticks out of the tranny. But you won't know how bad it is until you get the tranny up high enough. I posted some pics here so you can hopefully see what I'm talking about. The first pic shows the ear that I cut off. This ear doesn't seem to have a purpose but it will probably interfere if you raise your tranny to the stock height. In the first pic the ear that was removed is just to the right of the upper cross member, you can actually see the saw marks in it.

treblig