I just finished another CJ. This Jeep has a 4 cylinder, 5-speed, D300 with a clocking ring, and a one inch body lift. I built a seperate crossmember and a almost flat skid. Here's the pics:

Pretty cool. I really liked the old one before and this one seems to work well too.

I have a question. Would it be better to try and bolt the lower plate through the outside of the frame rather than the bottom. If you wrapped it arround it would be a little more weight but then you would not have to worry about trashing the bolts by dragging them over rocks. Just a thought.

I got that idea from Tommy Jeep as that is the way he makes his flat skids for the TJ. But his requires a 3" body lift. With your way of mounting the trans/t-case the skid would only need to hang down about 1".

What type of clocking plate are you using and did you have to make a seperate foot for the transmission mount?

Carl

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Originally posted by CBRogers:
Pretty cool. I really liked the old one before and this one seems to work well too.

I have a question. Would it be better to try and bolt the lower plate through the outside of the frame rather than the bottom. If you wrapped it arround it would be a little more weight but then you would not have to worry about trashing the bolts by dragging them over rocks. Just a thought.

I got that idea from Tommy Jeep as that is the way he makes his flat skids for the TJ. But his requires a 3" body lift. With your way of mounting the trans/t-case the skid would only need to hang down about 1".

What type of clocking plate are you using and did you have to make a seperate foot for the transmission mount?

Carl

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Yea, there are several different ways to do it, and not one wrong way! I've considered the side of the frame method, just never gone that way. Maybe next one.

The clocking ring was installed by the customer. If I was guessing, I'd say it was a Go-2-Guy(?) brand!?.

The foot I'm using is the stock foot on the adapter. I'm using all six threaded holes to bolt it solid to the crossmember, then the vibration gets absorbed at the frame sides by the rubber bushings.