Trans bracket was some metal a buddy tossed at me that I cut and welded. There is.. an GM trans fixture thing but the metal was free. I had an empty casing and figured out how far out the trans needed to be for the accumulator on the back of it to clear the engine stand. Then with one bolt in the back and one in the trans to engine area. I bolted it up to the stand piece and started welding. For overkill, I put a triangle piece in where the two pieces met to add strength. Having an engine hoist available, I found the balance point of a complete transmission by sliding the hoist hook around on the bracket a couple of times. Marked it and made an indent there for future use.
After that, each time a transmission arrived I could put the bracket on it and lift easily. The engine stand piece could go on at any point as I kept track of the bolts for doing transmissions. The four wheel engine stand was pretty awesome as I could balance the bigger catch basin on it. Although I did add a couple pieces (bed frame angle iron) that would sit in place to help keep the catch basin from tipping. Only took once to realize what a pain that could be.
