Has anyone successfully used the USCartool A500 Crossmember?
A little progress. This turned out to be one of the most difficult parts of the swap so far.
Started this on the press at work, got the basic shape but not right.
So I made a cardboard template, then trimmed 1/4 off the template around the sides and top, but not the bottom. Then transferred the template to a bunch of old 2 by 4's nailed together. Cut it out on my bandsaw. Spent a bunch of time hammering on this with a bfh, some with the metal around my form, and some on the bench, then check the fit on the form.
Think its ready, just need to get my butt out there, drop the tranny back out and test fit this thing, and get her welded in.
In the first pic it looks like it doesn't fit the form, but thats just cause a piece of the wood chipped of when I was beating the crap out of it...ha ha
Note: I didn't cut this metal to length, just a scrap I had around and it turned out to be exactly the right length.
A little progress. This turned out to be one of the most difficult parts of the swap so far.
Started this on the press at work, got the basic shape but not right.
So I made a cardboard template, then trimmed 1/4 off the template around the sides and top, but not the bottom. Then transferred the template to a bunch of old 2 by 4's nailed together. Cut it out on my bandsaw. Spent a bunch of time hammering on this with a bfh, some with the metal around my form, and some on the bench, then check the fit on the form.
Think its ready, just need to get my butt out there, drop the tranny back out and test fit this thing, and get her welded in.
In the first pic it looks like it doesn't fit the form, but thats just cause a piece of the wood chipped of when I was beating the crap out of it...ha ha
Note: I didn't cut this metal to length, just a scrap I had around and it turned out to be exactly the right length.
