Brians F/R Locked Long Travel Camping and Overland Build

Well look at that. And here I thought my memory was getting bad.

 

@jowybyo whats your crossmember look like? 1/2 lower and 1 inch forward?

 

I did a shitty job 5 yrs old when I made it so it does look great. But I think I only had to lower it. I think it needed to be 1-1/16" lower. I don't think it had to move forward or back at all.

 

Oh really? Interesting, i guess the v6 trans is a good bit different then. so literally just moved it down. Did you just mock it up under the truck to see how everything lined up then make the cut?

 

Ive seen 1/2inch down and 1inch forward but i think that was for v6 trucks

 

Nope. I measured a 4x4 ACLB truck at work when no one was looking. Determined it was 1-1/16"... cut, weld, done. It fit close enough to work. I'd encourage you to double check that measurement though. It's been a long time and I didn't write it down, so it's purely from memory.

 

I just ran outside and measured my truck. Turns out I suck at laying it out. It ended up at about 1-1/8” down. Not forward/backward adjustment needed. Don’t make fun of my crossmember. I know it’s not great.



Damn it. I hate how some photos from the iPhone are upside down.

 

Thanks man! Thats interesting. Ive seen multiple people say it needs to be moved forward.

 

i just got dizzy looking at this

 

much better. Now I kind of know what Im looking at

 

I think on the v6 it does. Could be different for the manual as well.

 

I think I’m going to cut mine here so I don’t lose ground clearance l.

 

Sweet. I plan to do something similar when I redo mine for a manual swap.

 

Nice, that will be fun swap. I thought about it but just decided to keep auto. i also thought about trying to be the first with the 5speed auto trans in the 3rd gen but it would be a headache to try to make it work.

Im planning on getting started in a couple of weeks with the conversion. Just waiting on a couple of more parts.

 

That would have been really interesting. Do you happen to know the model number of that trans?

 

im sorry its a 6 speed as well.

35104-04010

Looks like its the same trans as the 6cyl actually!

 

when you measured the length of the v6 trans, was it the same length as ours?

 

I haven't measured the v6 trans (A750). I would imagine it's longer since it has an additional gear set.

 

That would make sense. There’s a couple of v6 4x4 outside the gym I workout at so I’m going to take a peek in just a sec