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With the Camaro back together I got to spend some time on the Mustang this afternoon. Installing the transmission required removing the header bolts on the driver-side and header left in place. The passenger-side was removed completely. Trans went up easily enough, but it was soon apparent the AOD bellhousing bolts were too long for use with the C4...cut-off wheel made quick work of shortening the six bolts.

I had a purpose built crossmember for C4 in a Foxbody install, but there was no way it was going to bolt up easily. Even with all the adjustment leeway the mounting pad was still going to require major gouging to get it to bolt to the tailshaft. It was at this point I realized this particular crossmember was designed to bolt solidly to the tailshaft without any rubber/poly mount at all...not going there.

Took the factory crossmember and cut the four tack welds loose on the cups then slid the main body forward on the cups...essentially all the way forward instead of the factory rearward position. Installed a poly mount on the tailshaft and the modified factory crossmember bolted right up like it was intended.

Driveshaft length looks good as is. No way to access the flexplate teeth to utilize my turning wrench so I will have to unbolt the crank pulley and install my socket adapter to rotate the engine for convertor bolt installation. Starter bolted up and I should be able to affix the cables to the solenoid from above before re-installing the passenger header.