JimG

"the skid plate holds the trans and transfer case up"...and is bolted the
transmission mount. I would recommend doing the exhaust work without
dropping the belly pan like Mike said. Meineke (and every other shop in my
town) wouldn't drop it.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
Warn X8000i

"Carl" wrote in message ...
> Two things:
>
> 1. Buy stock in PB Blaster if you live in the rust belt.
>
> 2. Don't forget that the skid plate holds the trans and tansfer case up..
>
>
> Carl
>
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:AMvEf.107$ZY.14@fe12.lga...
> >I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
> > to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
> > into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
> > involved?
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
> >
> >
>
>

JimG

"the skid plate holds the trans and transfer case up"...and is bolted the
transmission mount. I would recommend doing the exhaust work without
dropping the belly pan like Mike said. Meineke (and every other shop in my
town) wouldn't drop it.

--
JimG
80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries

00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
Warn X8000i

"Carl" wrote in message ...
> Two things:
>
> 1. Buy stock in PB Blaster if you live in the rust belt.
>
> 2. Don't forget that the skid plate holds the trans and tansfer case up..
>
>
> Carl
>
> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
> news:AMvEf.107$ZY.14@fe12.lga...
> >I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
> > to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
> > into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
> > involved?
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
> >
> >
>
>

Carl

It's not that hard to drop it. I had to drop mine several times in my 89 YJ.
Put a jack with a block on the trans, remove the nuts in the middle that
secure the mount to the skidplate, remove the bolts that secure the
skidplate to the frame. Be careful, it's heavy.

HTH

Carl


"JimG" <jimg@2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:4IxEf.23600$wk5.23521@news02.roc.ny...
> "the skid plate holds the trans and transfer case up"...and is bolted the
> transmission mount. I would recommend doing the exhaust work without
> dropping the belly pan like Mike said. Meineke (and every other shop in
> my
> town) wouldn't drop it.
>
> --
> JimG
> 80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
> 4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
> 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
> D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
> Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
> Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
>
> 00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
> 4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
> 33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
> D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
> Warn X8000i
>
> "Carl" wrote in message ...
>> Two things:
>>
>> 1. Buy stock in PB Blaster if you live in the rust belt.
>>
>> 2. Don't forget that the skid plate holds the trans and tansfer case up..
>>
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:AMvEf.107$ZY.14@fe12.lga...
>> >I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
>> > to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
>> > into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
>> > involved?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joe
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Carl

It's not that hard to drop it. I had to drop mine several times in my 89 YJ.
Put a jack with a block on the trans, remove the nuts in the middle that
secure the mount to the skidplate, remove the bolts that secure the
skidplate to the frame. Be careful, it's heavy.

HTH

Carl


"JimG" <jimg@2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:4IxEf.23600$wk5.23521@news02.roc.ny...
> "the skid plate holds the trans and transfer case up"...and is bolted the
> transmission mount. I would recommend doing the exhaust work without
> dropping the belly pan like Mike said. Meineke (and every other shop in
> my
> town) wouldn't drop it.
>
> --
> JimG
> 80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
> 4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
> 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
> D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
> Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
> Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
>
> 00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
> 4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
> 33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
> D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
> Warn X8000i
>
> "Carl" wrote in message ...
>> Two things:
>>
>> 1. Buy stock in PB Blaster if you live in the rust belt.
>>
>> 2. Don't forget that the skid plate holds the trans and tansfer case up..
>>
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:AMvEf.107$ZY.14@fe12.lga...
>> >I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
>> > to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
>> > into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
>> > involved?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joe
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Carl

It's not that hard to drop it. I had to drop mine several times in my 89 YJ.
Put a jack with a block on the trans, remove the nuts in the middle that
secure the mount to the skidplate, remove the bolts that secure the
skidplate to the frame. Be careful, it's heavy.

HTH

Carl


"JimG" <jimg@2muchspam.com> wrote in message
news:4IxEf.23600$wk5.23521@news02.roc.ny...
> "the skid plate holds the trans and transfer case up"...and is bolted the
> transmission mount. I would recommend doing the exhaust work without
> dropping the belly pan like Mike said. Meineke (and every other shop in
> my
> town) wouldn't drop it.
>
> --
> JimG
> 80' CJ-7 258 CID, HEI
> 4.56 Gears, Lock-Right F&R
> 35" BFG MT on 15x10 Centerlines
> D44 Rear, D30 Front. SOA
> Dana 300 w/4:1 & Currie twin sticks
> Warn X8000i w/ dual batteries
>
> 00' TJ Sport 4.0L, 5sp
> 4.56 Gears, TrueTrac rear
> 33" BFG AT on 15x8 Eagle Alloys
> D35 Rear, D30 Front. 3" Suspension Lift
> Warn X8000i
>
> "Carl" wrote in message ...
>> Two things:
>>
>> 1. Buy stock in PB Blaster if you live in the rust belt.
>>
>> 2. Don't forget that the skid plate holds the trans and tansfer case up..
>>
>>
>> Carl
>>
>> "Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
>> news:AMvEf.107$ZY.14@fe12.lga...
>> >I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
>> > to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
>> > into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
>> > involved?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Joe
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

Simon Juncal

Joe C wrote:
> I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
> to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
> into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
> involved?
> Thanks,
> Joe

The Cat is easy to deal with without any dropping of the transfer case
skid plate. Exhaust bolts and clamps are easy, they snap and you replace
them with fresh ones :) Seriously the whole exhaust is mindlessly
easy... 4 bolts on the Cat/Down tube bracket right at the front of the
skidplate, this has a sort of metal "hanger" that slips into a long
rubber bushing, lube this and the cat/downpipe slides right apart.
There is an inspection hole for getting your wrench through to get on
the nuts. then theirs 2 nuts where the downtube meets the
manifold/header, and finally a set of clamps for the front and back of
the muffler. unfasten all those and everything comes off. (grease the
rubber holder/metal hanger near the cat before you but it back together).

If you mess with the six bolts holding the belly pan up, then have a
welder on hand... I recomend welding a new nut on the outside of the
frame where the weld nut used to be (they are inside the frame in an
area that gets rusty) then grind it down as needed to fit into the
depressions on the skid plate. It holds but I'd still rather have the
nut on the inside of the frame.

One last time, there's zero need to drop the pan :)

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Simon Juncal

Joe C wrote:
> I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
> to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
> into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
> involved?
> Thanks,
> Joe

The Cat is easy to deal with without any dropping of the transfer case
skid plate. Exhaust bolts and clamps are easy, they snap and you replace
them with fresh ones :) Seriously the whole exhaust is mindlessly
easy... 4 bolts on the Cat/Down tube bracket right at the front of the
skidplate, this has a sort of metal "hanger" that slips into a long
rubber bushing, lube this and the cat/downpipe slides right apart.
There is an inspection hole for getting your wrench through to get on
the nuts. then theirs 2 nuts where the downtube meets the
manifold/header, and finally a set of clamps for the front and back of
the muffler. unfasten all those and everything comes off. (grease the
rubber holder/metal hanger near the cat before you but it back together).

If you mess with the six bolts holding the belly pan up, then have a
welder on hand... I recomend welding a new nut on the outside of the
frame where the weld nut used to be (they are inside the frame in an
area that gets rusty) then grind it down as needed to fit into the
depressions on the skid plate. It holds but I'd still rather have the
nut on the inside of the frame.

One last time, there's zero need to drop the pan :)

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Simon Juncal

Joe C wrote:
> I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
> to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
> into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
> involved?
> Thanks,
> Joe

The Cat is easy to deal with without any dropping of the transfer case
skid plate. Exhaust bolts and clamps are easy, they snap and you replace
them with fresh ones :) Seriously the whole exhaust is mindlessly
easy... 4 bolts on the Cat/Down tube bracket right at the front of the
skidplate, this has a sort of metal "hanger" that slips into a long
rubber bushing, lube this and the cat/downpipe slides right apart.
There is an inspection hole for getting your wrench through to get on
the nuts. then theirs 2 nuts where the downtube meets the
manifold/header, and finally a set of clamps for the front and back of
the muffler. unfasten all those and everything comes off. (grease the
rubber holder/metal hanger near the cat before you but it back together).

If you mess with the six bolts holding the belly pan up, then have a
welder on hand... I recomend welding a new nut on the outside of the
frame where the weld nut used to be (they are inside the frame in an
area that gets rusty) then grind it down as needed to fit into the
depressions on the skid plate. It holds but I'd still rather have the
nut on the inside of the frame.

One last time, there's zero need to drop the pan :)

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

Jeff Strickland

They're supposed to have nutplates in the frame.

Don't forget to use a floor jack to hold the trans/tcase up when you take
the skid plate down.




"Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
news:AMvEf.107$ZY.14@fe12.lga...
>I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
> to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
> into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
> involved?
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>

Jeff Strickland

They're supposed to have nutplates in the frame.

Don't forget to use a floor jack to hold the trans/tcase up when you take
the skid plate down.




"Joe C" <no-more-spam@no-spam.com> wrote in message
news:AMvEf.107$ZY.14@fe12.lga...
>I have to drop the large skid plate covering the tranny
> to do some exhaust work. Do the six large bolts go
> into the frame, or are there nuts and washers
> involved?
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>