04 Fuel Tank Brush Guard ideas????
#1
04 Fuel Tank Brush Guard ideas????
Hello all. Looking for some advice.
Just purchased an 04 GC laredo. Love it so far. I need to replace the fuel tank brush guard but from what i have been able to see it holds the gas tank. Mine is completely rusted out. I have contacted the dealership and they say I have to buy the entire set up - gas tank and shield together - around $800. Any suggestions / ideas here would be great.
I am considering having a "brush guard" fabricated that would satisfy any offroad guy out there and take care of that thin piece of rusted tin under my otherwise good looking jeep. - I will likely go this route eventually but would love to what others are doing with this problem.
Thanks in advance for any help and I hope to be able to contribute back to this with picks and etc for others. This is likely not a huge problem for people as it is still "relatively new" at this point but I expect that will change soon.
Scott
The guy from PEI!
Just purchased an 04 GC laredo. Love it so far. I need to replace the fuel tank brush guard but from what i have been able to see it holds the gas tank. Mine is completely rusted out. I have contacted the dealership and they say I have to buy the entire set up - gas tank and shield together - around $800. Any suggestions / ideas here would be great.
I am considering having a "brush guard" fabricated that would satisfy any offroad guy out there and take care of that thin piece of rusted tin under my otherwise good looking jeep. - I will likely go this route eventually but would love to what others are doing with this problem.
Thanks in advance for any help and I hope to be able to contribute back to this with picks and etc for others. This is likely not a huge problem for people as it is still "relatively new" at this point but I expect that will change soon.
Scott
The guy from PEI!
Last edited by PEI04GC; 03-20-2013 at 05:13 PM.
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Re: 04 Fuel Tank Brush Guard ideas????
Update
1 week later ( two weeks after I bought the GC with a safety inspection from the dealer the previous week on the vehicle........)
The tank 1/2 fell off the jeep while driving today!! Good thing there was lots of snow as I had to get it off the road drive in the ditch where the snow was and pull into a parking lot.!! The tank was dragging down the road. Needless to say I'll be having a long talk with the dealer that sold it to me.
When I pointed the rusted guard out to him he just told me that there were straps holding it in place and that the guard was just that a brush guard.....
The owner of the busness I pulled into was plowing out his lot. He helped me out by bringing out his fork lift and lifting the tank so I could tie it up in place with some rope to limp to the shop. Good Karma for him - Pay it Forward......I always try to think this way too. Many a time I've stopped on the side of the road to lend a hand......building the good
Karma credits.....
I'll be posting picks sometime tomorrow as I have a friend coming in to build me a guard for the tank.
1 week later ( two weeks after I bought the GC with a safety inspection from the dealer the previous week on the vehicle........)
The tank 1/2 fell off the jeep while driving today!! Good thing there was lots of snow as I had to get it off the road drive in the ditch where the snow was and pull into a parking lot.!! The tank was dragging down the road. Needless to say I'll be having a long talk with the dealer that sold it to me.
When I pointed the rusted guard out to him he just told me that there were straps holding it in place and that the guard was just that a brush guard.....
The owner of the busness I pulled into was plowing out his lot. He helped me out by bringing out his fork lift and lifting the tank so I could tie it up in place with some rope to limp to the shop. Good Karma for him - Pay it Forward......I always try to think this way too. Many a time I've stopped on the side of the road to lend a hand......building the good
Karma credits.....
I'll be posting picks sometime tomorrow as I have a friend coming in to build me a guard for the tank.
#3
Brush Guard holds gas tank to jeep - not the straps!
The 2004 Grand Cherokee brush guard holds the fuel tank to the vehicle and the tank straps hold the tank into the brush guard. I am not sure if other wj models did this too but I think not........
I had phoned the local jeep dealer and they didn't know this fact - they advised me that the straps held the tank to the vehicle and the guard was not important except as a heat shield and "brush guard". definitly not the case.
My friend is an excellent welder / fabricator so guess what we are doing tomorrow!!
Scott
I had phoned the local jeep dealer and they didn't know this fact - they advised me that the straps held the tank to the vehicle and the guard was not important except as a heat shield and "brush guard". definitly not the case.
My friend is an excellent welder / fabricator so guess what we are doing tomorrow!!
Scott
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Re: 04 Fuel Tank Brush Guard ideas????
Yeah things got side railed sort of....My friend was talking to a guy...... who new a guy who was parting out jeep and for $50 I got an OEM brush guard with a complete tank and everything - sending unit pump etc, We had looked the day before at local wreckers (5 different ones) but no luck.....
So he bought it and showed up with it and figured I would be happy with that....I gave him the money , bought the pizza....and we had it up and going in about an hour. Maybe later we'll build one but for now this was the best option for the time / effort / cost..Since I don't plan on any serious offroad just mild /easy for now OEM seemed the way to go.
Sorry for any dissapointments but $50 won out.
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