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31-07-2011, 08:43 AM | #1 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Feb 2010
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HI guys I am putting a 4 speed escort box into the auto Mk2 escort I bought. has any one done this before, the auto crossmember does not quite line up , any ideas on bracket etc to line up the mount/crossmember/gearbox, photos, descriptions or measurements would be greatly appreciated
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10-08-2011, 09:41 PM | #2 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 2
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Possibly a manual crossmember would do it. . . . But I remember fitting a late model box to a mk1 years ago, and welding steel straps to the crossmember and drilling new holes in the straps to line up with the mount holes.
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11-08-2011, 11:56 AM | #3 | ||
Regular Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 283
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Ask over here and you'll get a few pointers
http://www.classic-ford.org/forum/ http://www.rsmotorsport.com.au/
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27-08-2011, 01:08 PM | #4 | ||
Starter Motor
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 7
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Thanks guys, I got it sorted by using a modified mk2 escort auto gearbox mount
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01-09-2011, 02:30 AM | #5 | ||
Old Mate
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Perth, W.A.
Posts: 20
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where'd you end up getting the template from?
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