1976CamaroGuy

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Quite a bit of play, I bolted the passenger side in place and used my hoist to lift just that side....it brought the rubber up a bit for the passenger to fit close......then after three hours of wrestling with it I was able to get the drivers bolt in.

Jimbo1367

But the important thing is.... YOU WON !!!

Jimbo1367

Do you know what trans dipstick that is? Yr too?
thanks,
Jim

reamo04

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^looks like a 93-02 camaro dipstick. Of course I could be wrong

1976CamaroGuy

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I got it off eBay, universal - supposed to be for the 700r4 / 4L60e tranny...cost me around $20

The only thing is there isn't a provision in the block to attach it (it's the blank spot on the motor where the bellhousing mounts). You'll have to get creative there...my guess this was for pre-gen III motors.

I insterted a smaller bolt backwards in the tranny bell housing hole until it fit snug (stuck out backwards) then attached the tube like you normally would and bolted it down with a matching nut...worked great.

MeanYellowZ

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That motor mount plate design is crap. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you add 3/8" (or whatever) thickness to each side of the engine the mounts will obviously be out further and not lineup well. The engine is a V-shape, so if you add a plate which will make it wider, you have to drop the holes for the engine mount a corresponding distance to make it all end up just as wide as when you started. See the difference in the 3 bolt standard mount location on these two sets of plates??

First the ones you bought..




and a better example from CarshopINC for reference...

Jimbo1367

I wondered if thats why the carshop plate mounting holes were offset. Makes sense. Maybe thats why one LS1resadent said he used BBC stands. They are shortter. I have both SBC & BBC stands, so I will wrestle with it. No biggie. ( Getting into my wrestling stance)