Like the header says, does anyone know the gas tank to body gap on a CJ7?
I lost my skid plate on a trail run a couple summers ago and recently came across a skid plate to replace it. The new plate fits my frame. There are even pre-drilled holes that were under the old skid plate rim that match up, but... The sucker is about 4-5" too shallow for my plastic tank!
It must be for the 50 liter tank and I have the 76L one.
So I figure I will just cut the sucker and weld a strip of metal in the middle to make it taller. It is open sided so I am going to gusset it as well and I think I might make the leading and trailing edges braced and skid ready < > with angle iron.
Problem is, the old scraps of skid plate got tossed out long ago and I don't know how much clearance there should be at the top of the tank. I only want to do this once and figure doing it the right way is usually easiest. ;-) I do have a 'glass body on it, but the same gap would be nice.
The tank does have raised ribs on it where lines have clearance, but I don't think up tight is right. I am getting a stock hold down strap that holds the tank into the plate so I will have that to cut the hole/slot by.
Any help would be appreciated.
Mike
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