Couple things done while i wait for new exhaust headers...

Got a couple of things done over the past couple days while i wait for my block hugger exhaust headers to arrive.

Small thing - Fuel pump installed

Bigger things, found out I was supposed to use a rubber transmission mount and not bolt it solidly like I had originally done (it would be alot of vibrations, etc.), so I took off my transmission x-member and made a new one after getting the proper mount.  I had to bend the 1/4" angle iron (not that easy) to accomodate for the thickness of the rubber trans mount rather than go straight across.  So this started off as a straight piece of 2X2X1/4" angle iron:

And installed in the car, top view:

and rear view.  7/16" grade 8 bolts hold the X member to the frame (going to tack weld these heads to the top of the frame so that if i ever have to take my transmission out, I can easily remove the X-member) and 7/16" grade 8 bolts into the mount and into the transmission.  Good news, I had thought my transmission holes were stripped as the 3/8 bolts would tighten and then slip and pop out, well I think they were just filled with lots of crap that the bolt was holding onto and pulling out.  After reading online what the bolts were supposed to be, some people say metric, some people say 7/16 coarse thread, I'm not 100% sure of the year on my transmission, but I tried 7/16 bolts and they fight nice and tight and snug up nice, so i'll take it and not look the gift horse in the mouth!