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Remove Cross Member

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1972 LSA Supercharged Monte Carlo: We Fixed It...Then Broke It Again BAD (Stranded on The Turnpike)

What happens here

With the bell housing bolts loose, support the transmission with a transmission jack. Locate the cross member, a structural component that supports the transmission from below. Remove the bolts securing the cross member to the vehicle's frame. In this case, the cross member bolts were previously marked with '6L' yellow paint, indicating past modifications for a 6L transmission. Due to tight clearances, you might need to adjust the transmission's height slightly with the jack to free the cross member. The creator humorously describes wearing his hat backward to prevent hitting his head on car components.

Goal: Remove the cross member to allow for transmission lowering.

Tools and materials

  • Safety Glasses — Protecting eyes from debris
  • Transmission Jack — Supporting the transmission during cross member removal and transmission lowering
  • Wrenches US General — Removing cross member bolts

What they say

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so we're making progress here oh all three of those are out now we're gonna move on to the cross member um what we'll do is we'll get you don't gotta jack anything up right now we'll get that that right there and then you'll pick up the transmission a little bit and then we'll get the cross member out so that one is a 15. might be wondering why am i wearing my hat backwards well if it's on forwards i hit my head on stuff a lot that's why keep in mind this whole car was built in a matter of like three weeks in 2017. these must be the old motor mount bolts that like fell through the frame putting these on they're just chilling out down here and you can see we got that power steering leak don't know where that was coming from but we will figure that out too almost looks like this line backed out or something that's weird oh look at this custom bracket i made here kind of cut up the old 6l bracket to like make one that would work right for this just cut one ear off and moved it up here kind of funny yeah pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up pick it up yo what's funny is there's been so many different transmissions in this thing that i labeled 6l on here so that i knew which crossmember holes it would go to because like um i think these two might have been where the muncie was or the turbo 400. or one or both of them i don't freaking know actually i think

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