Oil Pan Skid Plate
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Oil Pan Skid Plate
Finishing my 99 XJ build and need an oil pan skid. Rig has the 4.0 and AW4. Can anyone recommend a bolt on skid that they know works on an XJ? Spoke to Metal Cloak this morning and they indicted that their TJ skid will not work on the XJ due to exhaust interference.
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Thanks for the feedback. This is a dedicated trail rig built to run the Rubicon and Fordyce. Rubicon isn't a big deal but Fordyce is treacherous and remote so I'd prefer not to punch a hole through the oil pan.
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Clayton long arms, 6.5" RE coils, Bilstein 5100 shocks, 5.5" RE leafs, shackle relocation, JKS shackles, Ares fab steering, HP 30 front with chromoly shafts/aussie/5.13 gears, 8.8 with Yukon locker/5.13 gears, Advance Adapters SYE, DC drive shaft, Warn VR8000 winch, Ares Fab bumpers, 35" BFG KM2, and frame stiffeners.
My TJ is even better built than the XJ. I completed Fordyce last year during Sierra Trek in my TJ.
My TJ is even better built than the XJ. I completed Fordyce last year during Sierra Trek in my TJ.
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I went out rock crawling for the first time week before last. Whole time I was concerned about punching a hole in one of the pans. I am rather inexperienced, so I am curious on the logic of not running a skid plate under the engine/trans. OP is the first mention of running one I have seen on the forum.
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The Nth degree one linked about is about the only one I've seen.
There has been discussion about it, and I'm 50/50 on whether I'd run it.
I've got a full engine skid on my buggy, but that's not easy to do on a stock setup.
The Nth degree while protecting the oil pan, I'm not sure how i'd feel about transferring the forces it might generate, to the items it bolts on to.
I'd rather do damage to the oil pan, than the block, transmission, etc.
There has been discussion about it, and I'm 50/50 on whether I'd run it.
I've got a full engine skid on my buggy, but that's not easy to do on a stock setup.
The Nth degree while protecting the oil pan, I'm not sure how i'd feel about transferring the forces it might generate, to the items it bolts on to.
I'd rather do damage to the oil pan, than the block, transmission, etc.
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Year: 1989
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I went out rock crawling for the first time week before last. Whole time I was concerned about punching a hole in one of the pans. I am rather inexperienced, so I am curious on the logic of not running a skid plate under the engine/trans. OP is the first mention of running one I have seen on the forum.
What gears are those? I thought 4.88 was the tallest for D30. I guess not.
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