I performed some surgery on the 727 4x4 trans. The tall mount on it forced me to fab a 1.25" drop section in the trans skid plate. Even with that, there was no room to put some rubber isolators under it. So, I manned up and broke out the Sawzall, and chopped 2.75" off of it, and had a local welding shop weld a 3/4" thick 6061-T6 plate on it. Now, I can take out the drop section and weld in a flat plate to restore the lost ground clearance, and have room to stuff 3/4" thick rubber isolators under the mount.
I'll get this Jeep done someday.

I forgot to take a "before" pic. Pretend you don't see the cut.



The Sawzall blade wandered a bit. A little grinding leveled it out.