Okay so I was having issues finding out what the POs did to my truck as the transmission was up hitting the floor pan (with a 4x4 high hump) and was bolted directly to the crossmember with no rubber mount.
Here is the pic of what it looked like:
So I wanted to post my finding, just in case anyone else is/was having problems, because it took me awhile to figure out what I needed. So here is the story, I have a 1986 Chevy K10 305 with a TH350 trans. I knew the trans was mounted wrong so I figured it had the wrong crossmember, but when I started doing research I found that the 86 k10 4x4 only used one crossmember really and it was the one I had
. So back to the drawing board, I looked at my RPO codes and the truck originally came with 700r4, okay PO change trans, I was on to something. Further inspect I realized I had a Dana 44 in the front (86 should have a 10 bolt), okay PO changes axles. Then I remembered when me and buddy put the reman motor in, we could tell the old motor was an older motor too from the late 70s - early 80s.
So long story short I assumed that the TH350 was from late 70s early 80s, so I picked up a 82 trans crossmember, and got the two piece trans mounts for it (had to order them and tell them I needed it for an 83 because the 86 is a one piece completely different mount). Well they did not come with the bolts, because they assume you are reusing yours, I could do that because someone hillbilly mounted mine. So more research and I found it uses same bolts as motor mounts. Started putting it together and found that there is no holes in the 86 frame for the 82 member
. So I had to drill new ones and of course my "big boy" drill did not fit between frame and garage floor, so I had to jack the truck up one side at a time. Anyways got it together, fits right (dropped about 2-2.5" or so), can plug in the 4x4 light plug now, truck as WAY less vibration (rubber mounts help) and is not so loud now that the trans is not touching the cab. And I am sure the driveshafts are better off now that they're at the right angle. Anyways it was tough for me to figure out, so I thought I would share my short version of my story.
Here's was pics of it completely bolted up:
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