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09-02-2011, 09:03 AM

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yea the 4wd has a different x member too right? It looks like your talshaft bushing is different mount too. Post up some pics when ya get it all in! Are the wires the same for you as a 2wd? ( I had to add a vss sensor and change two pins in the harness that goes into the trans.)

yea instead of having a tailshaft housing like yours the 4wd has a adapter housing that the transfercase bolts up too

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09-02-2011, 10:15 AM

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Did mine pretty well the same but with square tubing.

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09-02-2011, 10:33 AM

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Yeah, I have to add another vss as well. There a few different ways to do the wiring. I'll be swapping all of my wires at the pcm.

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yea instead of having a tailshaft housing like yours the 4wd has a adapter housing that the transfercase bolts up too

Yup!

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Did mine pretty well the same but with square tubing.

I like the way you did yours as well. It just shows there is more than one way to do things!

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09-02-2011, 10:38 AM

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I have a gauge for that

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I used angle iron with gussets

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09-02-2011, 10:45 AM

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I was gonna do something like that, here is the first attempt at getting my angles right.... they guy that helped me weld has mad skillz

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09-02-2011, 08:23 PM

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Just a few pics after painting:

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09-02-2011, 09:07 PM

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I did mine like that too. I used 3/16" since its what i had laying around. Only took a couple minutes to make.

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09-02-2011, 09:24 PM

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Looks good guys!

Mine is identicle to lownslo .

4L80e FTW

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09-02-2011, 09:40 PM

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For you guys that added a mounting tab to the back of your crossmember, How much clearance to the pan do you have? Can you pull the pan without removing the crossmember? It's not much extra work to support the t-case & remove the crossmember, but I just want to know. Pics of the pan/crossmember would be cool if anyone has them.

Thanks in advance!