Late transmission crossmembers

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Late transmission crossmembers

December 28, 2010, 11:41:00 AM

Having a brain fade (and I's spent more time under 4-eyed cars than aero ones)

I know the 87-88TC's(and perhaps the 86's) use a different trans mount vs the earlier cars, but was the crossmember the same? I'm thinking not.

Which cars used the trans mount that was the same as the MN-12's with the single stud sticking out the bottom?

Late transmission crossmembers

Reply #1 – December 28, 2010, 11:53:11 AM

All 87-88 T-birds and Cougars I've seen use the same two stud mount cross members. Most of them even have double hump cross members (mine does).

Late transmission crossmembers

Reply #2 – December 28, 2010, 12:05:07 PM

Have they been TC's? Pretty sure those were different.

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Reply #3 – December 28, 2010, 12:09:03 PM

the transmount on both of my 86 tbirds had 2 bolts for the mount, and single hump crossmembers.
one is a c5 and the other is an AOD if it matters.
cant say about the later ones.

i cant remember if the t5 transmount had one bolt for the mount.

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Reply #4 – December 28, 2010, 01:06:48 PM

The 87-88 TC's have a different one, it has a special "counter balance weight" thing. I remember from changing out the A4LD. 87-88 V6 cars did not have the double hump, most v8's did. Surely in 88 they all did, for the duel exhaust, 87, most of them still did.

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Reply #5 – December 28, 2010, 01:25:20 PM

Looks like it's just a TC thing. The 5spds also used that single stud mount, correct?

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Reply #6 – December 28, 2010, 01:50:38 PM

Chuck, mine had the single stud type till I changed it out, the crossmember is different

Late transmission crossmembers

Reply #7 – December 28, 2010, 02:11:04 PM

Quote from: gumby;347382

Chuck, mine had the single stud type till I changed it out, the crossmember is different

You swapped to the earlier style, and used the "Mustang" mount, right?

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Reply #8 – December 28, 2010, 02:27:11 PM

correct

Late transmission crossmembers

Reply #9 – December 28, 2010, 02:47:55 PM

The one in my Sport is from the Maroon '88 TC I had in 2006, 1 bolt on each side (to the subframe) and it's double hump. No mods needed for it to work with the 5.0/T5 I transplanted from the Stang vert...

Edit: didnt read the first post til lafter I'd posted. I have an Energy Susp. trans mount...2 studs..I see what you mean now.