Stupid rocks......and No skid.....oops!

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:13 pm

Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later and luckily it waited a little while.

Yep, thats my trans pan w/ a nice dent/scrape. Luckily It didn't spring a leak and is still holding oil. You can see where the rock continued on its path of destruction across the belly skid and ended up scraping down the control arm until the tire finally caught it and I stomped it into submission.

I guess it is time to stop pressing my luck and figure out a skid plate for this. Nice thing is a new pan was only $11!

KW AV8R · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:17 pm

JJ ... really?? ... wheeling with a naked trans oil pan?? ... what are we going to do with you?

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:22 pm

KW AV8R wrote:

JJ ... really?? ... wheeling with a naked trans oil pan?? ... what are we going to do with you?

I'm a rebel!?

Oh and couldn't afford to be the guinea pig while All J's figured out a skid for it. Of course now maybe allyrand and I both should press them into working on one. Unless Rock Lizard can come up w/ something that we can use on our setups too??

offroadohio · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:20 pm

My big fear, I'm plateless at the moment as well waiting on money to allow me to buy $1000 worth of skids.

I did find a set of stock mopar skids for $100 on CL, I might buy just to help out a little until I can get the beefier stuff.
I bang stuff on the cross member thats under the engine/tranny all the time, I doubt it will take long for me to miss it and take out the pan.

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:26 pm

Get the Mopar ones and use them until they are garbage. They aren't the strongest, but they work better than nothing and for $100 that is a lot of protection for really cheap.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:31 pm

incubusmike wrote:

Get the Mopar ones and use them until they are garbage. They aren't the strongest, but they work better than nothing and for $100 that is a lot of protection for really cheap.

I think the problem is that the stock skid (and probably even All Js old superskid) won't fit after all the modifications from the SFA conversion. Still that had to be one mighty impressive rock to reach up and touch your soft underbelly :shock:

Inc · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:33 pm

Sorry I should have quoted offroadohio. It looked like I was talking to JJ. Unless offroadohio had an SFA, then ignore my comment all together.

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:36 pm

Sometimes it takes a smack in the head. Or better maybe......the belly! :lol:

Terry

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:41 pm

Well there lies a problem there JJ,there just is not a good way to mount a trans skid plate when you SFA.Getting rid of that rear crossmember on the engine cradle just leaves no good/strong place to mount the front end of a trans skid and that driveshaft does not make it any easier.RL and myself have looked and it seems we're going skidless there also.

I have no worries since almost 90% of all the TJ/YJ/CJ/XJ guys here in CO wheel there Jeeps without a trans skid and hardly here of any problems,and most run some of the nastiest trails often with no problems(not so true with axles though).

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:31 pm

I will come up w/ something even if it is just something sacrificial that will be hit Before the pan gets hit. Problem w/ a lot of our trails here is they are a mix of big boulders and smaller rocks that like to get kicked up into the belly when you least expect it.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:01 pm

incubusmike wrote:

Sorry I should have quoted offroadohio. It looked like I was talking to JJ. Unless offroadohio had an SFA, then ignore my comment all together.

Oops, sorry. Yeah offroadohio what Inc said. I'm running all mopar skids at the moment and don't have any problems other than occasionally having to take the trans skid off and bang on it so it doesn't contact the exhaust :lol:

Khaki-KJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:08 pm

You should put in a manual transmission, no pan to scrape.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:10 pm

Khaki-KJ wrote:

You should put in a manual transmission, no pan to scrape.

x2

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:15 pm

2006 KJ wrote:

Khaki-KJ wrote:

You should put in a manual transmission, no pan to scrape.

x2

Not gonna happen,......I'm shiftless. Besides, I wheel w/ folks w/ manuals and it is always exciting and interesting watching them struggle through obstacles that I just walk through.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:18 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

2006 KJ wrote:

Khaki-KJ wrote:

You should put in a manual transmission, no pan to scrape.

x2

Not gonna happen,......I'm shiftless. Besides, I wheel w/ folks w/ manuals and it is always exciting and interesting watching them struggle through obstacles that I just walk through.

X2,keeping my 45RFE auto,so much more control

and less likely to break parts.

Maximum Carnage · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:26 pm

JJsKJ wrote:

Nice thing is a new pan was only $11!

Sorry to hear about your .... oops for a lack of a better word. But where in the world did you find a replacement tranny pan for $11?
Something similar happen to me and I might be needing one.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:52 pm

Now wait a minute. Hold the fort. Stop the presses!

JJ, I always thought you were shifty! :lol:

PCT 1981 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:06 pm

Stuff like this happens when you go mall crawling.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:16 pm

PCT 1981 wrote:

Stuff like this happens when you go mall crawling.

someone mustive pulled a little bit too far onto the curb... got tangled up in one of those island shrubs and scuffed his pan

JJsTJ · **Posted:** Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:35 am

Maximum Carnage wrote:

JJsKJ wrote:

Nice thing is a new pan was only $11!

Sorry to hear about your .... oops for a lack of a better word. But where in the world did you find a replacement tranny pan for $11?
Something similar happen to me and I might be needing one.

Stealer, I ordered two. One to fix the problem for now and one to experiment on.

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