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Originally Posted by dsraven
unless you are using the original engine mounts then you don't really know exactly where the engine will sit,
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this is the best idea and the method i used even with my cab on the frame.
truk had the stock front mounts and a th350 rear trans mount when i bought it.
keeping all mounts intact, i built side mounts, then removed the front stock mounts.
12 years later when i did the current build, with the front clip off, i used the trans mount and fabricated side mounts off the just installed mustII x-member.
once the cab was removed, i blocked the motor up and swapped out the th350 for 700r4 and fabricated a very rigid trans x-member.
trans x-member also reinforced the cab mounts, replacing the support the stock trans x-member had.
the only fitment issue i ran into when the newly painted cab was reinstalled was i had to slightly modify the floor trans cover.
very minor