Some of today's progress

 

Now you got ream out the 3 hole to 9/16 IIRC and get it powder coated or painted.

Looks funny I never cleaned mine just sprayed with brake parts cleaner. Painting wouldn't have helped anyway 1st box was a bleeder.

Buick

 

I am not sure about having to open up the hole. My frame is a two wheel drive and has never had the stamped 4 wheel drive plate on it. The two holes I can see (around the steering box) look to be 1/2". I remember thinking they had to be drilled out to accept the stamped plate.
I will get a better look when I get the steering box off.

 

Good point. Forgot your truck was a 2WD. Frame holes would be 1/2 inch.

 

I believe that the size of the holes is usually dependent on the year of the frame. We are talking about the cheap, flimsy adapter plates, right ? Not the cast iron one pictured above. I had to drill out the one above for my truck, as the frame holes were 9/16"

I found that trucks older than 1992 had the 1/2" bolt holes in the frame and bracket. 92 and 93 had the 9/16" holes.

For a while I would attempt to obtain those plates whenever I saw them in the bone yards. Stopped and gave them all away.

 

The one hole i can get to is 7/16" so they are like many things on these trucks.All over the map

 

The latest pictures. first The linkage for the transfercase shifters. the nut above the flange isn't as close as it looks.

Second and third pictures are how much clearance I have after switching the sticks and adjusting the linkage. The tall ***** caused some extra effort to get o work.

The last two are of the matching *****

 

This morning I got the steering box off. Than Drilled the three holes (arrows ) out to 1/2"( mine is a 2wd conversion) . after that I did a test fit of the RR bracket. Couldn't be much easier.

 

Right...I forgot you had made the rods adjustable...easy enough then to adjust the location of the shifters....Looks good!

Don't you have to remove the interlocking pins in the TC to properly use the twin stick set-up?

 

Very nice!

 

I knew that If I made solid rods I would live to regret it.

Either take out the intrelock pins or Get new shift rails made for twin sticks that will prevent one end from being in in high and the other in low. Might be a good idea if anyone ever drives the truck

 

Thanks Nick I am happy with it so far

 

Dayum Mark! That is some really nice work that your doing! Most excellent!

Mike

 

thanks Mike, I am just having fun.

 

Well today I did some cutting on the front crossmember. Then I made a small fixture that bridges the front of the oil pan to jack up the front of the engine. Also got the motor mounts and standoffs off.
Some more drilling(rivets) and some cutting and the cross member will be out of the way