SB to BB swap problem
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Working on a 1977 W150. Swapped out the 360 for a 440. Have the motor and tranny siting in place. The tranny is not far enough back to line up with the mounting holes. Need about another inch. I had to use a ratchet strap to pull the tail of the tranny over and now the pass side motor mount has pressure pulling it back. Been a while since I've done this swap and don't remember having this problem. What am I doing wrong? Thanks
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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Do you have the 440 motor mounts? Looks like the small block motor mounts. Both of my motor mounts are straight without the bend. Now if its a 4x4 your mounts are right, but they may need to be move forward on the block.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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All the books show the same insulators for SB and BB. I have the correct BB 4wd brackets and they only go on the back side of the ears. 72-4 4wd and 72-80 2wd use the straight brackets. 75-78 4wd use the offset brackets shown. All SB use the straight brackets but SB brackets won't bolt up to a BB.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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There should be two sets of holes in the engine crossmember for the insulator stud to set in. One position is for a big block and the other is for a small block. You can seat everything in the small block holes but it results in the motor being "cocked" and the tranny mount not lining up.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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They are original mounting brackets. I've never seen brackets mounted on the front side of the ears and I've done a lot of big blocks over the years. No offset in the studs for that direction. There are only one set of holes in the cross member and they are as far back as possible. The drivers side is setting correct. Just the pass side is being stretched.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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Ok I did some measuring on the pass mount. The insulator is being pulled about 1/2" back. To mount the bracket on the front of the ears I'd have to cut off 3/4" of the thick ear and about 3/8" of the lower thin one leaving 1/4" of thickness. That would straighten out the insulator. If I don't cut the ears mounting the bracket to the front face of the thick ear and using spacers on the two thin ears then the bracket would be to far forward. I shouldn't have to cut the ears to make this work. Actually there is another set of slots in the cross member but they are much lower and way to far forward. The brackets look good and undamaged. Compared them with two other sets that I have.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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This is probably a dumb question but can the mounts be swapped from one side of the engine to the other? No, not a dumb question. There is a right and left mount. Drivers side has a hole for the oil pump pressure valve nut.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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if the pass side was straight and not offset would that correct the 1/2" off?
I thought a BB 4x4 had driver side offset and straight pass side mount.
have another look at what side of the block ears the mounts are on.
my 2x has them both on the front side of the ears.
in the 1 pic it looks like a straight bracket on the front of the ears would put the hole lined up and rubber biscut flat.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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if the pass side was straight and not offset would that correct the 1/2" off?
I thought a BB 4x4 had driver side offset and straight pass side mount.
have another look at what side of the block ears the mounts are on.
my 2x has them both on the front side of the ears.
in the 1 pic it looks like a straight bracket on the front of the ears would put the hole lined up and rubber biscut flat. If it was straight then it would be worse. Is offset back but needs to be more back. The sets of brackets are a pair of offset or a pair of straight. On SB the brackets go on front of the ears. BB on the back.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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You might need to flip around the trans crossmemeber. If the holes are offset at all you might have just put it in backwards by mistake and just flipping it around might fix your issues. Not sure if this will work but will be doing a big block swap on a 78 soon so I will have to look out for this issue also. The tranny cross member is drill to only go in one way. It is just the pass side motor mount that has a problem. Got the tranny to mount up and the drivers side motor mount is fine. Really weird.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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The extension housing came off of this truck. The SB tranny had a fresh rebuild on it so we took all the guts and extension housing and put them in a BB 727 housing. As I stated the tranny and drivers side mount all line up fine. Just the pass side mount is being stretched back. I've done a few BB swaps and have never had this problem. I've compared the pass bracket with others and don't see any difference. Can't find any damage to the frame from being in a wreck or anything. Funny thing is that I took this motor out of a 2wd truck a few years ago even though it is a 68 440 probably original from a C-body.
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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Its hard to tell in your picture, But are you missing a plate that goes between the trans extension and the cross member? It seems to me that the trans is bolted direct to a plate and the plate has the rubber mounts with the bolts going into the cross member. Does that make sense?? Your picture looks as if the bolt is going through the extension, a rubber biscuit, then the cross member... Is that correct? Maybe I can find a picture of what I'm trying to say.....
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Re: SB to BB swap problem
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It didn't have a plate. Extension sits on thick washers then the rubber mounts. Same on the underside. Rubber mounts then thick washers and then the nuts. Should there be a plate?
72 Satellite Sebring Plus 440, 72 Dart 5.9 4-spd, 68 Valiant, 73 W200, 78 D100 sb, 78 D200, 98 DAKOTA, . Moparmarks Parts & Restorations Desert Mopar Metal Grand Jct. CO 970-261-7039 http://moparmark.com/motormangj@gmail.com
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