73 4 speed question....

[jaak]

does the torsion bar crossmember gotta come out to drop the 4 speed tranny? I have everything else unbolted and out of the way, but still cant get tranny out, surely I ain't gotta to take out the torsion bars then the crosmember, do I?

Jason

[Runner]

man i cant imagine you would have to. did you pull the shifter and shifter mounting bracket off?   you could let the engine hang down in the back for extra clearance.  i personally have no experiance with a 73 though.

[John_Kunkel]

Isn't there a smaller removable crossmember between the torsion bars?

[c00nhunterjoe]

on the 70 and back yes, the tranny crossmember bolts between the torsoin bar mounts. i can only assume the newer ones have the same set up, should be 4 long bolts and nuts if so

[jaak]

man i cant imagine you would have to. did you pull the shifter and shifter mounting bracket off?   you could let the engine hang down in the back for extra clearance.  i personally have no experiance with a 73 though.

I got the shifter off, but one of the allen head bolts holding the mounting bracket on is stripped, so the bracket is still on. If I had the mounting bracket off I believe I could slide the tranny back another inch or so.

Isn't there a smaller removable crossmember between the torsion bars?

On my 69 the tranny crossmember is between the torsion bar mounts, but on the 73 you have a tranny crossmember, and torson bar cross member, both are removeable, but to get the TB crossmember out, the TB have to be removed. Hoping I wasn't gonna have to do this.

[Nacho-RT74]

I removed my tranny some time ago, and I didn't remember I did need to remove anything beside the small tranny cross member where tranny mounts goes.

[jaak]

Got the shifter bracket off.... still can't get the tranny out, I got it shoved back as far as I can and the input shaft still likes an inch or so clearing the bellhousing. This car is kicking my ass.

Jason