Xratty sumpguard center supports parts ready

Ok, bumping this thread from the past since I was outside today fiddling with my crossmember trying to decide just where the hell it bolts up relative to everything else. The ford diagram is sufficiently useless:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i124/rwsrally/sierra_4x4/sierra_4x4_108.jpg

Is it supposed to sit in front or behind the steering rack? Either my frame rails are a bit tweaked or somebody didn't measure right as my x-member is about 1/4" too wide to fit between the rails anywhere remotely close to the motor...

PAddy Wrote:
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> Ok, bumping this thread from the past since I was
> outside today fiddling with my crossmember trying
> to decide just where the hell it bolts up relative
> to everything else. The ford diagram is
> sufficiently useless:
>
>
>
> Is it supposed to sit in front or behind the
> steering rack? Either my frame rails are a bit
> tweaked or somebody didn't measure right as my
> x-member is about 1/4" too wide to fit between the
> rails anywhere remotely close to the motor...

Of course it was measured carefully. Move forwards a bit, somewhere around the front pulley. (We made it using a real 909 part as a sample).

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john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> Of course it was measured carefully. Move forwards
> a bit, somewhere around the front pulley. (We made
> it using a real 909 part as a sample).

Since I just discovered that a good portion of the DS rear fender is bondo, there is no reason to suspect my car is the least bit dimensionally correct...

PAddy Wrote:
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> john vanlandingham Wrote:
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> > Of course it was measured carefully. Move
> forwards
> > a bit, somewhere around the front pulley. (We
> made
> > it using a real 909 part as a sample).
>
> Since I just discovered that a good portion of the
> DS rear fender is bondo, there is no reason to
> suspect my car is the least bit dimensionally
> correct...
>paddy these cars are flimsey enough in the fenders that a big dent doesn't mean the front si skewed a bit.
If you're worried I do have the body shop jigging dimensions so you could waste a bunch of time measuring so I'll look and see if its legible enough to send, OK?

>

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.