Thanks fellas. It's all in the fun of exchanging info to offshoot the cost of what is now such an expensive past time. When I bring down my tranny for an overhaul, I'm gonna go through that with a light weight tooth pick. Though it might not happen any time soon being that my transmission guy is the North East ace for 727's and 904's. He's psyched on putting a light weight plan together for my next trans.
By the way, the cross member mounting hardware is a combination of Titanium and aluminum bolts, washers and locking nuts. The special bolts weigh in at 1-1/2 Lbs for all 4 pieces. The alloy types come in at a whopping 1/2 Lb. Shaved off a pound total. Now holding up my steel member for the last five years or so.
