Need some advice:
Haiving installed the Datsun 5-speed kit, which is
truly a great upgrade, I would like to improve access
to the back end of the transmission and the front U joint.
Rather than trying to make an access panel in the bottom
plate of the tunnel, under the transmission, which looks
like it might weaken the structure, why could I not cut
the top of the tunnel (what we kids in the 50's called
"the hump"). I could get some galvanized sheet metal to
form a piece that would wrap around the hump and attach
to the sides with sheet-metal screws. Then I could just
remove the screws to access the tunnel.
Question: How much strength is supplied by the belly plate,
and how much is supplied by the "hump?"
chuck
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