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Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember? Drmike #1040508 07/07/2014 3:39 AM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Jarvisburg, NC, USA tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon
tclederman Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,270 Jarvisburg, NC, USA	Mike, Many people report that cross member being missing from pre-54 trucks. The best guess as to "why" is that the cross member was removed to more easily remove/install a transmission, and then the cross-member was simply not put back into place? Tim 1954Advance-Design.com 1954 3106 Carryall Suburban 1954 3104 5-window pickup w/Hydra-Matic The 216 and early 235 engines are not "splash oilers" -- this is a splash oiler.

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Drmike	07/07/2014 2:06 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Flxible	07/07/2014 2:10 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Pre '68 Dave	07/07/2014 2:42 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Drmike	07/07/2014 2:54 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Drmike	07/07/2014 3:26 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	tclederman	07/07/2014 3:32 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Drmike	07/07/2014 3:36 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	tclederman	07/07/2014 3:39 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Drmike	07/07/2014 3:47 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Denny Graham	07/07/2014 1:07 PM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	tclederman	07/07/2014 1:22 PM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	52Carl	07/07/2014 7:06 PM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	tclederman	07/07/2014 7:32 PM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	DADS50	07/07/2014 9:49 PM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	chucklaw25	07/08/2014 1:25 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Drmike	07/08/2014 2:16 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Denny Graham	07/08/2014 3:01 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Pre '68 Dave	07/08/2014 5:44 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	52Carl	07/08/2014 6:12 AM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	tclederman	07/08/2014 4:09 PM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	Denny Graham	07/08/2014 5:42 PM
Re: am i supposed to have a transmission crossmember?	tclederman	07/08/2014 6:17 PM

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