[GB SISSON]

Woke up early so I went down and pulled the 221 out before lunch. On Wednesdays I tutor an 11 year old boy on practical mechanics, fixing stuff that breaks and building stuff from metal and wood. He's already a decent welder and he loves sanding old stuff and painting it. So that's my afternoon. After dinner I went down to take one of my 8ba blocks off of it's engine storage stand as I wanted that stand with it's exhaust manifold connection so I can mount clutch, flywheel etc to my new engine. While taking it off the stand I got the idea to mount my 10 dollar swap meet water pumps on it and a cast truck bellhousing and then the T5 off the tail so I can use that lightweight and streamlined assembly for mocking up my crossmember and all the inevitable trial and error fitting that this kind of swap entails. I have studied that 'counterbalance affair that hangs off the transmission's tailshaft and don't get it at all. Can a T5 guy let me know any essential do's and don'ts with the new crossmember. Maybe I should revive mine of some elses T5 thread. Oh and my locking rod nuts came today so pan install soon.