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01-07-2003, 10:57 PM
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Is anyone engineering their own skids?
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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." --Thomas Jefferson |
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01-07-2003, 11:01 PM
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that sounds like a fun project, I would like to see the results. did you check http://www.jeepfabrication.com/ to see if there are any plans posted?
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01-07-2003, 11:08 PM
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This IS in my budget!
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  I'll scan some reg. photos when I get something substantial done. It might be a while though. ...just wondering if there are any others brave enough to try fabbing this stuff. I can see Jim79CJ is a great metal fabber.....cool stuff on Cetrov's Jeep! I'm keeping things simple (KISS) to minimize the goofs.
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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." --Thomas Jefferson |
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01-08-2003, 08:23 AM
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Scafone ,
Glad to see others out there making their own stuff . If you need any assistance Email me at JCFabdesign@msn.com JIM :{> J C Fab & Design
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01-08-2003, 11:02 AM
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Hell I'm engineering my entire Jeep. CJ body, Commando frame, Cherokee engine, Waggie tranny, CJ transfer case, etc... I'm working on the tranny/tcase skid right now. It will be flat and sit only about 1" below the frame rails. I built my own motor mounts to lift the engine 1.5" in the frame and a separate crossmember to support the tranny/tcase. I don't want the skidplate to support them. That way I can drop the skid without having to put a jack under the Jeep to support anything. I don't have pictures of the crossmember or skid yet. I'm still waiting on a clocking ring to get the transfer case clocked flat.
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01-08-2003, 11:51 AM
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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." --Thomas Jefferson Last edited by Scafone; 01-08-2003 at 03:36 PM. |
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01-09-2003, 04:53 PM
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skid plate fab
custom made is the only way to go. just remember......
measure once, cut twice!!! ha ha. |
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01-11-2003, 02:05 PM
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I knew of a guy who just built a shell around his OEM TJ skid plate. Used stainless Diamond Deck plate found in a scrap yard, worked really well.. I haven't done it yet because I don't have a household welder.
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01-13-2003, 03:45 PM
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K9JEEP, I'm doing that with alumumin and I used a frame stretcher and pulled the frame to 103" wheel base. Next I need to turn a 258 w/ three speed and 231 into a 5.0L Ford with NV4500 and AtlasII, ha ha...
Nice and Sweeet... My sliders are made from 2x5 box tubing w/ 1/4 wall. They are connected to the frame using a 2" receiver type mounts, one on each end of the sliders. We will see if they hold up. Luck,
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Scrambler82 Do it right the first time ! Last edited by Scrambler82; 01-13-2003 at 03:48 PM. |
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