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Just curious, I am trying to mount my stock 4 speed transmission with CPP's kit (in order to make room for dual master Cylinder) but am having trouble making sense of proper mounting. (I really wish CPP put a little effort into labeling and supplying well drawn assembly diagrams)

See picture:
cpp transmission bracket

Basically if I rotate the frame mounting brackets that the transmission bracket tubes go into, there is no room for the rubber mounts between the transmission and the bracket - in fact, it's a little bit wedged, even if the bracket is bolted to the bottom side of the frame.

However, as shown in the picture, there is too much space between the bracket and the tranny. Do I need to fabricate something to fill in this space (the original factory mount does not align with the holes on CPP's mount, so I assume it is not required with CPP's system).

the help, as always is greatly appreciated...Mark

Here's what I did: I fabricated some 3/4" steel spacers to raise the mounts where they set in the frame. I also needed to fabricate a steel spacer between the mounting point on the transmission and the cross-member to shim something close to a good engine angle. I drove the truck for a while allowing the actual cross-member to float in the mounts. Bad idea. Once you get everything lined up, tack the cross member to the mounts and then take it out and weld them up.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ChrisAurit/PhotoHistory#5377948050623832578