cewtwo
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Let's start with - Does your gas gauge read accurately? This has nothing to do with the skid plate, but it was fixed... My gas gauge only went down to about 1/3...
Two days of cold ground, scraped skin and gas leaks resulted in a successful gas tank skid plate cover change.
I will put pictures up tomorrow, but as I go back country year round, I felt it would be important to beef up the skid plate under the gas tank (that pristine looking snow covered ground can be somewhat deceiving). Especially as I always head to Moab in early February.
The old skid plate was less than 1/16" thick. The new KILBY skid plate is 3/16". Substantial improvement.
It was after one intense hit last summer that the gas gauge stopped reading correctly.
While changing the skid plate, I took the stack our of the gas tank. The stack has a screen that fits into a baffle (open top box like container). The side that the float was on was definitely catching on the side of the baffle. Both sides of the baffle were warped in the same direction. I ended up cutting the side of the baffle just enough to allow the float to operate correctly.
I can't wait to try the new skid plate on the trail now. Should really help getting over some of those minor obstacles out there...
BTW... I have increased skid plates all under the Mighty YJ. I have skid plates under the shackle bolts. I am looking for one to go under the engine compartment now (has to be able to drop easily due to those unplanned under-the-jeep-on-the-trail emergency fix-it-ups).
Two days of cold ground, scraped skin and gas leaks resulted in a successful gas tank skid plate cover change.
I will put pictures up tomorrow, but as I go back country year round, I felt it would be important to beef up the skid plate under the gas tank (that pristine looking snow covered ground can be somewhat deceiving). Especially as I always head to Moab in early February.
The old skid plate was less than 1/16" thick. The new KILBY skid plate is 3/16". Substantial improvement.
It was after one intense hit last summer that the gas gauge stopped reading correctly.
While changing the skid plate, I took the stack our of the gas tank. The stack has a screen that fits into a baffle (open top box like container). The side that the float was on was definitely catching on the side of the baffle. Both sides of the baffle were warped in the same direction. I ended up cutting the side of the baffle just enough to allow the float to operate correctly.
I can't wait to try the new skid plate on the trail now. Should really help getting over some of those minor obstacles out there...
BTW... I have increased skid plates all under the Mighty YJ. I have skid plates under the shackle bolts. I am looking for one to go under the engine compartment now (has to be able to drop easily due to those unplanned under-the-jeep-on-the-trail emergency fix-it-ups).
