jons87mj Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 Hello. I picked up a swb gas tank skid plate and was going to copy it but make the new one long so it would fit my lwb truck. But it looks like the mounting is different in the back. Does any body have pics of a lwb skid plat and how it mounts on a truck. Are if some one is willing to sell there's ;) Thank you
jons87mj Posted January 4, 2013 Author Posted January 4, 2013 Really would appreciate any help with this:)
ParadiseMJ Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 The only common mounting point is in the front part of the frame rail. Even then it's not just a matter of cutting here and drilling there...they are completely different animals.
MJRemi Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I have one off my LWB parts truck that I will sell but shipping to Indy might be prohibitive. If you do want it I can post pics. No rust, no dents.
HOrnbrod Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Charlie & Remi, do LWB fuel tank skid plates grow wild out in Cali? :yes: Basically non-obtaimium here.
relyt120 Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I have something that bolts to the bottom of my gas tank. Its plastic and provides like an inch and a half space between it and the tank. Attached with like 8 tiny bolts directly to the tank straps. What y'all think that is?
Biotex Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 That is the way my skid is also. I took it off the other day trying to isolate a rattle, and it is still off.
jpnjim Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I guess I should have bought a few when they were available :(
ParadiseMJ Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Charlie & Remi, do LWB fuel tank skid plates grow wild out in Cali? :yes: Basically non-obtaimium here. I've only seen two at the yards, but they do collect alot of crap up in there, and so back east in rusty zones they're likely the first thing to drop off. A friend of mine had a skid on his 94 Toyota that was "imported" from his son in Virginia. Two of the four mounting points were completely gone, he ripped it off...the rest of it had rusted so badly it was not worth fixing. The one I sent you was completely caked an inch thick with D.G. (aka "decomposed granite") kind of a gravelly sand that is used on roads instead of salt up in the Sierras (snow zone) yet not rusty at all. I think they just rust out and fall off in the rust belt.
MJRemi Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Charlie & Remi, do LWB fuel tank skid plates grow wild out in Cali? :yes: Basically non-obtaimium here. Both of my LWBs had the metal skid tanks. This one had some dried mud in it but a good wash and rattle can enamel will bring it back to "like new".
HOrnbrod Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Both of my LWBs had the metal skid tanks. This one had some dried mud in it but a good wash and rattle can enamel will bring it back to "like new". Remi, do you know if the standard plastic skid was installed on the tank under the steel skid plate on your LWB models? It would not fit when I mounted the metal skid I got from Charlie. All the SWB metal tank skids I've seen have both installed. Just curious..............
MJRemi Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 Remi, do you know if the standard plastic skid was installed on the tank under the steel skid plate on your LWB models? It would not fit when I mounted the metal skid I got from Charlie. All the SWB metal tank skids I've seen have both installed. Just curious.............. To my knowledge, and by observation, I don't think a plastic plate was installed but both trucks were twenty-something when i acquired them so I can't say what might've been there originally. I would think a plastic skid plate to protect the metal skid plate doesn't make much sense unless it's more of a mud shield or something like that.
jons87mj Posted January 4, 2013 Author Posted January 4, 2013 Thanks for the replays :) ill just try and find a factory one. Seems like to much work to make the one I have work. Thanks again :)
HOrnbrod Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 To my knowledge, and by observation, I don't think a plastic plate was installed but both trucks were twenty-something when i acquired them so I can't say what might've been there originally. I would think a plastic skid plate to protect the metal skid plate doesn't make much sense unless it's more of a mud shield or something like that. Guess I worded it wrong. I meant the plastic plate next to the tank, then the metal plate on the outside. I wondered because I've seen the SWB models like this and because the studs that hold the plastic piece protrude through holes in the metal piece.
jons87mj Posted January 4, 2013 Author Posted January 4, 2013 When I toke the swb skid off I broke all the bolts so I would assume that it has never been off befor. And it did not have the plastic skid in between the two
Eagle Posted January 4, 2013 Posted January 4, 2013 I have something that bolts to the bottom of my gas tank. Its plastic and provides like an inch and a half space between it and the tank. Attached with like 8 tiny bolts directly to the tank straps. What y'all think that is? Gravel shield. They all had that ... unless they had the factory skid plate.
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