R72 to R7ME gearbox swap question

Hi all,

Courtesy of Mr Priestly i have a nice R7ME gearbox, so...

Ive been at it with the spanners again to change over the gearbox to the earlier R7ME box, fit the rockobster box (finally!) and sort the clutch that gave up on the last offroad expedition...



managed to get it out pretty easily and set side by side there are major differences with the shifter arrangement and where the chassis crossmember/rear engine mount is. This means welding the old r72 bracket onto the new R7ME arrangement. My question is has anyone done it before on here and know exactly whats needed where? If you could downoad the pic, draw on it with paint or suchlike and post again it would be really helpful

R72:


R7ME:

Thanks,

Riccy.

From memory. Cut the flat part of the r72 bracket off and weld it on top of the flat bit of the r7me
The hard bit is getting it in the right place so the mount lines up with the cross member. I should have taken measurements.

B****Y HELL... now thats service!

Luckily i still have both together so i will have a good measure before i do any cutting and see whats-what

Thanks for the tip!

cut out the red lined area above and weld ontop of the bit as red lined below...

Yes that's it

cool, thanks thats simple enough for me and my horrible gasless mini-mig

Will measure up properly and post pics for future reference for all.