Gonna revive an old thread in hopes of guidance.
I'm helping my friend who is the Fire Chief for the district next to mine. He has a 1008 the Forest Service built into a brush truck in the early '90s. This is presently used as a Type-7 patrol truck during the fire season, and a plow truck in the winter. A substantial ATF leak turned into our local tech finding a crack around most of the tailshaft housing of the HD case, I assume the soft rubber trans mount was the likely culprit. The new trans has arrived, and the tech called me this afternoon questioning the side support rod being absent...he said he remembers seeing them on the civvy diesels, but was unsure how the CUCVs were set up. I see many posts basically make this rod out to sound like it's an optional thing. I searched the TM to no avail, seems they didn't mention the support rod specifically...or I just missed it.
I didn't know about the converter to motor mount struts until I read this thread, so I'll go check that tomorrow to see if they're installed.
Quite a few of the members on here have been encyclopedias on many subjects, so I'm offering this for suggestion. Do we need to source a brace for this to accompany the new trans? If so, is this something to be had from Hilbilly Wizzard or is it an LMC thing? I've searched the LMC catalog to no avail. I see kits for a second t-case crossmember mount for the rear cover plate...seems overkill for a stock truck.
I've upgraded my Duramax with the aftermarket trans bellhousing to t-case brace because thats a well defined failure point, but I'm unsure if the 1008 needs it and is value-added to keep the truck out-of-service until I can find the parts...please keep in mind this is an active fire truck so cutting corners or cheating things is not an option (which mostly answers my own questions).
TIA
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