dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter tomorrow
and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin" back
together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working fine.
To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this?? Specifically,
do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the Jeep
with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?

Thank you!

-jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

Have you checked to see if an implied SMOG warranty might will
replace it? As I hear it the catalytic convert breaks apart inside
clogging the muffler, I think drive rods through it will hasten that
failure.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Handywired wrote:
>
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin" back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this?? Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

Have you checked to see if an implied SMOG warranty might will
replace it? As I hear it the catalytic convert breaks apart inside
clogging the muffler, I think drive rods through it will hasten that
failure.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Handywired wrote:
>
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin" back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this?? Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

Have you checked to see if an implied SMOG warranty might will
replace it? As I hear it the catalytic convert breaks apart inside
clogging the muffler, I think drive rods through it will hasten that
failure.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Handywired wrote:
>
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin" back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this?? Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

Have you checked to see if an implied SMOG warranty might will
replace it? As I hear it the catalytic convert breaks apart inside
clogging the muffler, I think drive rods through it will hasten that
failure.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Handywired wrote:
>
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin" back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this?? Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

The transfer case skidplate does acts as a support, I'm afraid.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Handywired" <handywired@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040613012030.05521.00000872@mb-m17.aol.com...
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter
tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin"
back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working
fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this??
Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the
Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

The transfer case skidplate does acts as a support, I'm afraid.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Handywired" <handywired@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040613012030.05521.00000872@mb-m17.aol.com...
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter
tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin"
back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working
fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this??
Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the
Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

The transfer case skidplate does acts as a support, I'm afraid.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Handywired" <handywired@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040613012030.05521.00000872@mb-m17.aol.com...
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter
tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin"
back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working
fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this??
Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the
Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

The transfer case skidplate does acts as a support, I'm afraid.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Handywired" <handywired@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040613012030.05521.00000872@mb-m17.aol.com...
> I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter
tomorrow
> and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin"
back
> together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working
fine.
> To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this??
Specifically,
> do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the
Jeep
> with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
> Thank you!
>
> -jeff

Re: dropping the main skid plate on a TJ
 

Be careful. If your cat is rattling it could lodge a piece in the
outlet nozzle and back pressure your engine, in the long run you will
probably damage your valve train. If you have no polution laws/checks
I would replace it with a straight pipe while you have things apart.

On 13 Jun 2004 05:20:30 GMT, handywired@aol.com (Handywired) wrote:

>I am gonna try the poor-man's fix to a rattling catalytic converter tomorrow
>and give it a few pokes with a dull punch to see if I can get it to "pin" back
>together and stop rattling. Other than the rattle, the cat is working fine.
>To do this i need to drop the skid plate. Any tricks to this?? Specifically,
>do I need to support the tranny, and would it be OK to run (not drive) the Jeep
>with the skid plate off of there, to check for the rattle?
>
>Thank you!
>
>-jeff