Hi, everybody,
I need to put a lower bobble-strut mount onto my car for the transmission swap. I'm putting an A543 5-speed into my 1993 LeBaron LE in place of its old automatic transmission. But there's a problem. The shell-type upper bobble-strut mount on the A543 puts the damper (shock-absorber) directly in line with the power-steering pipes, where they bend downward and then run over to the right. I could make a lower mount that extends the bottom-attach point forward, toward the front of the car, enough to miss the pipes, but that gives too much leverage to the damper, and I suspect the bottom attach point would not last.. Is there a way to move the damper (the shock absorber) to the left, away from the pipes? Or do I have to change the power-steering pipes? Maybe rebend them? . . . but that could easily break them. I have the shell-type strut mount that actually places the damper to the right a bit, close to the intersection of the engine and transmission. Is there a factory mount that moves it left? Any suggestions? I haven't found anything about this in this forum's archives.
Thanks in advance to anyone reading this. You've all been extremely helpful in my swap operation.
........RayO