Transmission Holding Fixture

[Indycars]

I need to get started building my 200-4R transmission for the TBucket, but first I need a fixture
to hold the trans vertical while I'm working on it. I wanted something that would work on any
trans, so I made it wider than needed, hoping it would fit any trans, no matter how wide it
might be.

I also need something more accurate than a hacksaw for cutting 22.5° angles, at least that's
my reasoning for buying the Milwaukee 6190-20 cold cutting saw.

I already had this welder and I will be using 6011 welding rod during this project.


I purchased this Milwaukee saw.


This is NOT an ABRASIVE cutoff saw, it has cutting teeth.


This was the only noticeable problem with the saw after removing from the box. Certainly
not a big problem.


First off, I needed to determine how best to set the angle of the cut. It was obvious that
using the degree scale on the saw was not going to be accurate enough for my purposes.


So I used this tool to set the angle to 22.5°.


How close did I get after making two 22.5° cuts, which makes a 45° angle.......


Now it was time to make my cuts in the actual material, 1 inch square tubing with a
1/8" wall. Takes less than 10 seconds to make a single cut. Then I clamped them to a
aluminum plate I have for tack welding.




Ok, I'm still learning how to weld. I just have not done enough to get good at it.
Ok you can stop the snickering back there, I can here you!!!

This part is not shown in the drawing. I figured each one of us would have access to different
materials. It could just as well been more square tubing.



Sorry I didn't get a better picture of this, but to keep the trans perfectly perpendicular to
the floor I cut the round tubing on one end at 7.5°.




I stumbled upon this. A 7/16" allen bolt will almost fit inside the transmission pockets that
are for holding the trans during a rebuild. A little grinding with a bench grinder and I'm
done. I needed someway to turn these bolts, so I JB Welded a 7/16" nut that I drill out to
slide over them.





The dimension did change a little from the one in the other topic. I extended the two ends
by 1 inch where the nuts are welded on. They were 3-1/2" and now they are 4-1/2".

Download the PDF version of the drawing here:

Transmission Holding Fixture​

I need to get started building my 200-4R transmission for the TBucket, but first I need a fixture to hold the trans vertical while I'm working on it. I wanted something that would work on any trans, so I made it wider than needed, hoping it would fit any trans, no matter how wide it might be...
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All done !!!!!

 

[grumpyvette]

thats a great write up, I love the pictures and details,your obviously far ahead of the average hot rodder in that area, I don,t know very many guys with a engine stand adapted to hold transmissions correctly. just the fact you bothered to fabricate something like that puts you in a rather exclusive group!
love the info on the saw , and how you actually verified the angles with a precise measurement tool., and point out the fact the factory measurement settings are not precise.
but I can tell you need a TIG welder badly!
wish I was local

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[Indycars]

but I can tell you need a TIG welder badly!

So you think a TIG would make me a better welder....just kidding!

Any comments on this welder???

It's been on Craigslist before and if I could get it for say $150, might it be worth the risk??? I found this foot control pedal for $178, Hobart doesn't make parts for it anymore. But I did find a forum posts with a link to diodes for $23 each.

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[grumpyvette]

Ive never even seen one of those personally, but I purchased a 30 year old used TIG welder , water cooled torch and foot petal assembly ,myself ,and while its hardly state of the art it does weld well. TIG is far more controllable as you can control arc heat, feed rates,on both the arc and fill rod , each separately , and can go back over welds and re-heat without adding, or adding fill rod all you want, so IM hardly going to suggest you need the newest version to get decent tig welds, while its slower its also far more flexible in what you can do or redo, now having used some of the newer TIG welders I will say they have advantages,you don,t necessarily need the latest and best to weld, keep in mind older equipment is not necessarily bad or obsolete, it just might not have the latest features
kind of like dating a 40 year old girl,when your both out looking to have a good time, she might not look as nice as a 19 year old but she has experience, style and probably can get the job done really well just the same

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so once I get the replacement for the TIG welder I lost in the move to texas
( gave it away to a local buddy once I found it was not working 100% correctly, with a list of parts he would need )
as I had no time or budget at the time to repair it I should be ok.

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[mathd]

Nice, am loving it
Your welds are fine(just make sure they have good penetration/are strong but from the look of it they are correct), we all started somewhere and i did my share of bad looking weld. i find stick welding the most difficult welding method to make a nice looking finish with.

 

[grumpyvette]

.... we all started somewhere and i did my share of bad looking weld. i find stick welding the most difficult welding method to make a nice looking finish with.

ID SECOND THAT< I SURE DID YEARS OF LESS THAN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING WELDS WITH AN ARC WELDER MYSELF!...its extremely difficult to get an arc welder to look any where close to as good as what mig or tig welds can look like

 

[Indycars]

Your welds are fine

That's because I have great skills with a grinder!!! :lol: :lol:

 

[mathd]

Your welds are fine

That's because I have great skills with a grinder!!! :lol: :lol:

:lol: good one there.

 

[busterrm]

Do either of those welders have a High Frequency box with them? A freak box will help with arc starting, most home project welders have trouble starting a arc, a freak box will help wit this and keep the quality and strength of the weld up.

 

[busterrm]

.... we all started somewhere and i did my share of bad looking weld. i find stick welding the most difficult welding method to make a nice looking finish with.

ID SECOND THAT< I SURE DID YEARS OF LESS THAN IMPRESSIVE LOOKING WELDS WITH AN ARC WELDER MYSELF!...its extremely difficult to get an arc welder to look any where close to as good as what mig or tig welds can look like

Yes in the learning stages stick welding is hard to get it looking good. Personally, I prefer stick welding, I feel its stronger.