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| | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | We replaced the stock tranny in my 1949 GMC 1/2T 4-on-the-floor pickup with a SM420 matched to a newer 270 engine. It sticks up about 2 inches above the floorboards, so we can't cover it with the original flat piece. I could modify a fiberglass repro, but 'bolter CMAYNA who put a backup light switch on the same tranny says he has a humped metal cover that fits. He says it has what looks like a handbrake slot next to the hump, and he thinks it may have come out of a 1-ton.
Any ideas where to get this kind of humped cover?
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | I used a 13"X 9" cake pan as the hump when I rebuilt my trans cover pan. Looks almost identical to the original,
Scott | | | | | Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 148 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 148 | Originally posted by 48bigtrucks:
I used a 13"X 9" cake pan as the hump when I rebuilt my trans cover pan. Looks almost identical to the original,
Scott now that is some ingenuity if i have ever seen it. probably the cheapest option too.
2003 ford lightning
1959 chevy 36
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | Well, the SM420 was original equipment in a lot of 3/4 ton trucks, and most of those came with a floor brake, so you should be able to find one. I have one but I'm not letting go of it.
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A lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 100 | Thanks. Nice to know what to look for and using the cake pan is a great idea.
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