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by dlcsjoyce » Fri Nov 12, 2010 7:38 pm

Well I brought home a piece of 3/16 steel plate from work, going to try and make my own oil pan skid plate hopefully I want be wasting my time and 30 dollars worth of steel. I will post pics of process. I also have most of a hitch mount spare tire carrier welded up riding around in the cargo area it's been a pain in the but to get in and out to work on at work having broke the lift gate handle the other day.
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by Trail X » Sat Nov 13, 2010 1:03 am

:need pics:

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by djthumper » Sat Nov 13, 2010 2:11 am

:Iagree:
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by dlcsjoyce » Sat Nov 13, 2010 2:57 am

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Hopefully this will work to see pics.
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by bartonmd » Sat Nov 13, 2010 8:19 am

Remember the hole for, and to build up 1/2" for the drain plug to stick through... see my skid plate thread in my section to see what I'm talking about...
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by Trail X » Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:07 pm

Cool, looks like you figured out how to post the pics!

For the drop-down, will you have to unbolt one of your bolts in order to drop it down? You might want to replace one of those with a pin.

They also look a tad small.. is that a 3/8" bolt? I think mine were 3/4" grade 8s.
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by dlcsjoyce » Sat Nov 13, 2010 11:10 pm

The bolts are 1/2" that was the biggest drill bit I could find at the time, and they are in it just to mock it up. I plan on using grade 8 bolts to hold everything together and regular hitch pin above the pivot point. I still plan on cutting a piece for a hi lift jack but not having on to go by I need to figure out about how long and the bolt spacing to bolt it down. Thanks for the input it pushes me to try and finish asap.
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by fishsticks » Sun Nov 14, 2010 3:39 pm

dlcsjoyce wrote:The bolts are 1/2" that was the biggest drill bit I could find at the time, and they are in it just to mock it up. I plan on using grade 8 bolts to hold everything together and regular hitch pin above the pivot point. I still plan on cutting a piece for a hi lift jack but not having on to go by I need to figure out about how long and the bolt spacing to bolt it down. Thanks for the input it pushes me to try and finish asap.


My hinge is a 1/2" grade 8 bolt, and my pin is a 1/2" pin. Zero issues.

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