Gave the Jeep some new 5W-30 in preparation for Winter. Then got started on my Savvy engine skid install by removing my Teraflex skid. If anyone wants a very lightly used Teraflex oil pan skid, I will give it away for pickup or send it for the price of shipping.
@mrblaine , can you check over my mounting orientations here. When I bolt the skid up the way I see online, its natural position is not square to the t-case skid. If I force it to be square, the engine skid is not centered to the t-case skid and the arms are not square to the engine mount brackets. I understand that the skid is going to be different on different Jeeps, but this seems very out of alignment to me.
I have the long arm on the drivers side. The drivers side engine mount bracket has the mounting hole towards the rear. The passenger side bolt hole is towards the front bumper. I hit the drivers arm with the bench grinder to let it clear the bolts heads that hold the engine mount bracket on.
The passenger side of the engine skid is very close to the upwards turn in the t-case skid.
The drivers side is a couple inches away from the upwards turn.
With the engine skid clamped square to the t-case skid:
Funnily enough, this orientation works damn near perfect. I don't want to start drilling into the skid until I'm happy with the way it is mounted up front. This clearly isn't correct, but it works...
@mrblaine , can you check over my mounting orientations here. When I bolt the skid up the way I see online, its natural position is not square to the t-case skid. If I force it to be square, the engine skid is not centered to the t-case skid and the arms are not square to the engine mount brackets. I understand that the skid is going to be different on different Jeeps, but this seems very out of alignment to me.
I have the long arm on the drivers side. The drivers side engine mount bracket has the mounting hole towards the rear. The passenger side bolt hole is towards the front bumper. I hit the drivers arm with the bench grinder to let it clear the bolts heads that hold the engine mount bracket on.
The passenger side of the engine skid is very close to the upwards turn in the t-case skid.
The drivers side is a couple inches away from the upwards turn.
With the engine skid clamped square to the t-case skid:
Funnily enough, this orientation works damn near perfect. I don't want to start drilling into the skid until I'm happy with the way it is mounted up front. This clearly isn't correct, but it works...