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Anyone ever use em on a mustang II cross member? What were your results? I dont weld so I am thinking of doing this rather than being gouged at the weld shop.

Thanks

Im not sure i have seen bolt in mounts for a must II set up. Mine are weld in and in my 39 bolt ons would have probably put the motor too far forward.

For what the welding shop will likely charge, you can buy a suitable arc or MIG welder. I bought my Century MIG welder from Sam's years ago for a few hundred and I have welded a LOT with it and it still runs fine. I use a situation like yours to justify buying tools. Tools make great christmas presents and Santa will be coming soon. My next purchase will likely be a tube bender from Harbor Freight so I can bend my own exhaust pipes. Not the greatest quality in the world but at just over $100, it will pay for itself in just one job because my local muffler shop will for sure charge me a lot more than $100 to install a dual exhaust system.

I think he might be talking about the bolt in tubular crossmember motor mounts, right?

I called a welding shop in town, and asked if they could send over a welder.. the owner quoted me $125.00 to weld in the crossmember... the kid showed up and worked on the truck for 6 hours.. welded in the whole front end.. he was supposed to get $45.00 an hour.. but the shop owner wouldnt take any more money... great guy.. I'm going to get my own welder tho.. and do my own work..
I bolted a tubular engine crossover setup in tho.. after test fitting it and drilling in set screws, I took it to a welding shop and they charged me $20.00 to weld the ends on..

Unless you already know how to weld, it's more than getting a "spark" to weld, especially on your truck where there's torque and flex. I know I wouldn't want a novice welding my motor mounts or any critical joints where my or other lives are concern.

I actaully was not talking about the tubular type. I have a mustang 2 IFS and I do not think that a tubular xmember will fit in there. I think that RBs obsolete and TCI both make bolt in separate brackets for this.
I just wondered if anyone had used them with the mustang 2.

I recently bought the Mustang II IFS package from CD..I believe it is bolt on. 4 3/4 bolt pattern, so if you do a rear end swap, check your bolt pattern..let me know how your's turn out.