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Well
since I did this
at Paragon:
I
realized that I needed
to get some protection for my oil pan.....and
since I have a 4cyl there aren't many options. So I went with the
highly recommended Skid Row engine skid.
First thing you have to do to install this skid is to reverse your
passenger side control arm bolt so that the bolt is facing inward...you
will use this bolt as one of the mounting points for the skid.
Before switching:
After switching:
Now that the bolt is
switched around you
can slide the skid onto the bolt (do not put the nut on until the end
of the install)...the bolt slides into a hole in the side of the skid.
After sliding the skid into place, swing it up so you can attach the
rear mount to the t-case skid....in the instructions it says to loosely
install the bracket before putting it into place, but we had better
luck not attaching it at all and putting it all together after we had
swung it up into place.
rear mount:
It
screws in with 2
screws..the skid and the mount sandwich around the
t-case skid, so it wont move up or down once in position.
After getting the back part into position, you can now mount the front
mount (note the 6cyl version is a little different here). The mount
goes from the front of the skid to a hole in the bottom of the motor
mount frame, attach bolt and tighten down.
After tightening down all the bolts you will be done....it helps to
place a floor jack underneath the skid while you are working on it
because it is big and heavy.
Finished picture:
You can see how much coverage you get from this skid
Here's the hole in the bottom of the skid so you can change your oil
without having to remove the skid every time:
View of the coverage from the front:
Side views:
I feel a lot more comfortable now that I have this under my jeep
The install was pretty straight forward, and took about 10 minutes once
we got the control arm bolt switched around....If you have any
questions fire away!