badddoin Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I just got a new transmission to replace my leaking piece of stuff. The problem is, there's no place to bolt my shift cable bracket on the new tranny. There was two threaded holes on the old one right behind the shifter shaft. But there's no such animals on the new one. So my question is, is there a fix for this, short of sending it back? It's truck freight, and I'd probably have to take it to Valdosta to the closest truck terminal (60 miles). I'm hoping there is another bracket I can get that will work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leghome Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 My 700R4 has the mounting bracket for the shifter cable mounted on two of the transmission pan bolts. I would call the Summit tech department and see what they suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Mine is bolted using the trans pan bolts I have not seen a trans like your old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam (Bones) Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I have a TH400 and the bracket uses pan bolts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsmc Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 what trans is that? 200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Mine uses the pan bolts also. I'd call Summit about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badddoin Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 As far as I know, the trans is a TH350. The one that was in the car when I bought it bolted the same way as this one. However, this one, which I bought off CL about a year ago, didn't have the holes drilled and tapped. I had to do that myself. I figured it probably just came out of a column shift car, and wasn't machined. My brackket looks like this. It looks to me like I might be able to turn around how the cable goes through the bracket and bolt it through the pan bolts. I'm gonna try that. Thanks so much for the responses. If anyone knows (or can look) if their bracket looks like that I'd be grateful. If not, maybe it looks like one of these ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72-CLASSIC_RIDE Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Mine is the TH400 bracket as identified from your link and like others have stated, mine is attached to the oil pan bolts 2 places. I would suspect you need the TH350 bracket also bolted 2 places to the oil pan/transmission but your shift linkage may have been different creating your assembly problem. You probably need a pic of the TH350 shift linkage/bracket assembled to tranny to know if yours is compatible. Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I'm not sure where that style bracket goes It does look like this bracket which says it's for a 1968-1972 Chevelle Shifter Cable Mounting Bracket, TH350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKZ03 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Heres what Im using, bolts to the pan using two bolts also. Works great, no problem installing at all. http://www.npdlink.com/store/index.php?p=catalog&mode=search2&search_str=C-0855-1A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badddoin Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 I talked to the tech. guy at Summit, and he said I needed this bracket . After looking at it, and the one Cory used, now I'm thinking I've got the wrong thing coming. I'll proobably go ahead and order that one. Either way, I've run out of excuses not to put the tranny in. That's exacly what my bracket looks like, Monte70. This is a pic of the last tranny that was in it. You can almost make out, through the gunk, the bosses in the case where the bracket bolted. I guess it needed replacing. I don't have any history on my car, so there's no telling how many trannies it's been through, or what they came out of. Or who put the rubber baby buggy bumpers on it, for that matter. Thanks again everyon for the help; FGMCC members are off the chart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigscaht Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 so when installing a floor shifter..when changeing from column shifter..u can basically jus place it where it feels good cuz the hole you drill is for the cable to shift the tranny..sounds pretty easy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Scott pretty much, some floor pans have a punch mark for a floor shift cable to go out. When we did the change in our El Camino we installed the shifter where it felt good and then marked where the cable should be. One thing to take in it mind drill the hold with the trans out or you might drill into the tail shaft housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monte70car Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I know it's a little late Tommy here is the picture of my shifter bracket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigscaht Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 so then it sould be pretty easy to do with the body off the frame then..no worries about drilling into the tranny..lol..thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badddoin Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 Well, I've solved the bracket issue. I'm sure you all were having trouble sleeping (I was). Now I'm sure the bracket Cory used would've worked just fine. Of course it would. It worked on his car. And it wasn't the matter of the thirty bucks (or whatever}. It really never is the thirty, or fifty, or a hundred, or whatever bucks. It's that it's ANOTHER thirty, or fifty, or a hundred bucks (or whatever}. I've spent around eight grand on this car in the last month, and my spending will (and money) is waining. So, naturally, I did the only logical thing there was left to do. I went to Lowes and spent six-hundred bucks on a welder and helmet, so I could make my own bracket. That does make perfect sense, doesn't it? I bolted my old bracket to the old transmission, and a piece of modified angle to the pan bolts. Then I tacked them together. Then I took 'em off and weded them, cut everything off that wasn't part of the plan, groung it a little, wire brushed it, and molested it with a rattle-can. I like it! Her it is in action, doing its bracketly duties. And I saved thirty bucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballubet Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 So you saved $30 on a $600 welder? I say you did great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7tonemonte Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Great job Tommy! Saving money is always good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black07ss Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Looks great Tommy. Nothing wrong with being frugal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtankjones Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Looks Good Tommy. Thats what I like. I a person that thinks out of the Box. If you got the tools and know how. Go For It. That welder will pay for it's self in the long run to. Nice Job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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