Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a
CJ7?

I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently
came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame.
There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim
that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my
plastic tank!

It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.

So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the
middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it
as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced
and skid ready < > with angle iron.

Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I
don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I
only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually
easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be
nice.

The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I
don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap
that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the
hole/slot by.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
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Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

Hi Mike,
Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.
;-)
Sounds like you should make some spacers out of some old galvanized
water pipe.
Let us know how you're doing.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a
> CJ7?
>
> I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently
> came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame.
> There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim
> that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my
> plastic tank!
>
> It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.
>
> So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the
> middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it
> as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced
> and skid ready < > with angle iron.
>
> Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I
> don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I
> only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually
> easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be
> nice.
>
> The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I
> don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap
> that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the
> hole/slot by.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

Hi Mike,
Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.
;-)
Sounds like you should make some spacers out of some old galvanized
water pipe.
Let us know how you're doing.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a
> CJ7?
>
> I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently
> came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame.
> There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim
> that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my
> plastic tank!
>
> It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.
>
> So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the
> middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it
> as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced
> and skid ready < > with angle iron.
>
> Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I
> don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I
> only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually
> easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be
> nice.
>
> The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I
> don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap
> that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the
> hole/slot by.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

Hi Mike,
Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.
;-)
Sounds like you should make some spacers out of some old galvanized
water pipe.
Let us know how you're doing.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a
> CJ7?
>
> I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently
> came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame.
> There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim
> that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my
> plastic tank!
>
> It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.
>
> So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the
> middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it
> as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced
> and skid ready < > with angle iron.
>
> Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I
> don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I
> only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually
> easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be
> nice.
>
> The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I
> don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap
> that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the
> hole/slot by.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

Naw, I am just going to make a horizontal cut across the front and back
anchor plates and add a bit of plate steel in the middle. I will just
lap the plates and arc weld them. I have a nice little wire feed
welder.

I want to beef it up though. Steve Seppala from the group has been over
helping lately. We stay in touch with him and Jo as well as a bunch
others.

Mike

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.
> ;-)
> Sounds like you should make some spacers out of some old galvanized
> water pipe.
> Let us know how you're doing.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a
> > CJ7?
> >
> > I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently
> > came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame.
> > There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim
> > that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my
> > plastic tank!
> >
> > It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.
> >
> > So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the
> > middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it
> > as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced
> > and skid ready < > with angle iron.
> >
> > Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I
> > don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I
> > only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually
> > easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be
> > nice.
> >
> > The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I
> > don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap
> > that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the
> > hole/slot by.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

Naw, I am just going to make a horizontal cut across the front and back
anchor plates and add a bit of plate steel in the middle. I will just
lap the plates and arc weld them. I have a nice little wire feed
welder.

I want to beef it up though. Steve Seppala from the group has been over
helping lately. We stay in touch with him and Jo as well as a bunch
others.

Mike

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.
> ;-)
> Sounds like you should make some spacers out of some old galvanized
> water pipe.
> Let us know how you're doing.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a
> > CJ7?
> >
> > I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently
> > came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame.
> > There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim
> > that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my
> > plastic tank!
> >
> > It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.
> >
> > So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the
> > middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it
> > as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced
> > and skid ready < > with angle iron.
> >
> > Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I
> > don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I
> > only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually
> > easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be
> > nice.
> >
> > The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I
> > don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap
> > that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the
> > hole/slot by.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

Naw, I am just going to make a horizontal cut across the front and back
anchor plates and add a bit of plate steel in the middle. I will just
lap the plates and arc weld them. I have a nice little wire feed
welder.

I want to beef it up though. Steve Seppala from the group has been over
helping lately. We stay in touch with him and Jo as well as a bunch
others.

Mike

"L.W.(Bill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.
> ;-)
> Sounds like you should make some spacers out of some old galvanized
> water pipe.
> Let us know how you're doing.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a
> > CJ7?
> >
> > I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently
> > came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame.
> > There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim
> > that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my
> > plastic tank!
> >
> > It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.
> >
> > So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the
> > middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it
> > as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced
> > and skid ready < > with angle iron.
> >
> > Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I
> > don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I
> > only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually
> > easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be
> > nice.
> >
> > The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I
> > don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap
> > that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the
> > hole/slot by.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> > Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> > Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> > (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

> Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.

Real Jeeps have a short wheelbase and four wheel low.

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

> Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.

Real Jeeps have a short wheelbase and four wheel low.

Re: Anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
 

> Real Jeeps have their gas tank safely tucked away under the seat.

Real Jeeps have a short wheelbase and four wheel low.