Need some help please....

steve03sport · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:59 am

as i posted before my girl bought me skid plates for xmas. but today going to install them at the mechanic found out that they are the wrong plates. so i called local jeep dealer and he looked things up by vin# for me. he found front plate and transfer plate but no transmission plate. can anyone please help me with a part # for the mopar tranny skid for my 2003 kj. as i can order the front and transfer local, but was told the front and the tranny depend on each other. dont know if this is true but i would like a mopar skid since it seems to be the cheapest route. please help a guy out :banghead:

steve03sport · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:46 pm

or atleast a plate that may come close that i can drill another hole

STINGN · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:08 pm

you have to drill a hole in it to match up with the holes on the frame

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:20 pm

I just drilled through the crossmembers front and rear for the tranny skid and bolted them on. No problems in 6 years and stronger than those stupid nut zerks :wink:

Pippobug · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:37 pm

Steve,

Mopar has stopped doing Transmition plate for KJ 02-04, you will only find 05-07 at Mopar, so you will need to modify and drill extra hole to fit it onto the crossmember below.

Fil.

steve03sport · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:35 pm

so tom and steve you both have an 05-07 tranny skid and had to drill? if not 05-07 what skid?

steve03sport · **Posted:** Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:16 pm

ok im really pissed now..... i went to the dealer to pick up the front and transfer skids they ordered for my by my vin# and i get home to findout the front plate is the exact same as the 1 my girl ordered numbers are the same as the front plate off an 08? wtf :banghead:

when the mechanic tried to put that 1 on last time he said only 3 of 4 holes matched... please help im confused

KJWildman · **Posted:** Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:40 pm

Steve ... first ..... quit beatin your head against that wall ^^^ :SOMBRERO:

No one is screwing with you ..... really! :SOMBRERO:

Your mechanic is correct, only 3 of the four holes line up. That's what the other posts are saying is ... you have to drill a new hole!! :seuss:

STINGN · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:42 am

i will take pictures for you tomorrow, maybe it will help

STINGN · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:00 am

dont know if you can really see it, but

the red dots are where the nuts go to hold it in, 2 on the engine skid...one actually goes through both, the other does not, the tranny skid is just wedged in there. on the back, the 2 red dots show where you have to put the nuts, but one of them is not close to the hole, so i drilled my own hole (the green arrows show where the hole is) sorry, its a cell phone pic from a while back. and what i did for the hole, i used a center punch when i lined it up under the jeep then drilled

steve03sport · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:15 am

thanks alot.. i knew i wasnt crazy was just gettin mad

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 12:12 pm

And I did mine differently than his
Transfer case skid, no problem bolted right up
trans skid held it up and drilled four holes , 2 front , 2 rear where the stock holes were
no over lap at the rear trans and transfer case butt together

engine skid bolted right up with 4 bolts in stock location
doesn't look like his has the little ( fingers) sticking out mine did and put those so they just touched the cross member so just barely under the front skid

STINGN · **Posted:** Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:04 pm

i bent the little fingers with a sledge hammer

Liberty02sport · **Posted:** Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:19 pm

Let me make sure I've got this straight ..... When talking about using the '05-07 skids on a '02-04 you're drilling the new hole in the skid plate, not the chassis of the Jeep ?? Right ??

Been wanting to get a set of skids, but not wanting to poke holes in the undercarriage to mount them. If I just need to relocate 1 hole on the plate itself to get it mounted then no problem..

STINGN · **Posted:** Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:28 pm

i drilled through the skid. just the trans skid is different i think.

Need some help please....

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