Installed the remaining two skid plates today: radiator and gas tank.
The gas tank one was a mental and physical challenge! I'm pretty worn out tonight.
Many thanks to wecwbe for posting a great how-to:
http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=50745 Without this, I would have been up a creek!
For anyone else ordering all 5 skids at once and installing them yourself:
Unlike the rest, the radiator skid did not come with any nutzerts or bolts. It requires two nutzerts and four bolts, which I sourced at the local Jeep dealer.
The gas tank skid comes with 5 bolts and two nuts. The nuts are too big, so they won't work. The bolts and nuts were unnecessary anyway, as I just re-used the bolts and nuts from the former gas tank holder that I took off.
The extra new gas tank skid bolts fit the front radiator skid, so I plan to return the 4 bolts I bought and get back $20!
Another issue was that the Jeep repair manual said to torque the gas tank skid bolts to 45 foot pounds, but the enclosed paper directions said 20 +/- 5 foot pounds. That's quite a difference. However, I estimated that the amount of force needed to loosen the bolts on the old gas tank holder was closer to 20 than 45, so I went with 25. They seem tight enough. I'll keep an eye on them. Does anyone know the correct torque?
Now my Liberty is armored up and ready for those central Appalachian forest roads!
Time to start saving for a lift.
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