Subject: RE: motor skid plates
Author: Greg Bender
Date: Jul 18, 2005, 7:47 AM
Post ID: 1719170480
Hi Ray,
It sounds like they are on backwards to me. They shouldn't stick back
past the rear of the engine block and they should kind of curve up under
the front of the timing case...make sense? I can send you pictures if
you like.
Ray Hale wrote:
Ok, new question. I was sitting on the floor staring at the Eldo on the lift and noticed that the skid plates stick out an inch or so in the back of the motor. Looks to me like a real pain in the tush for getting to the drain plug with anything less than a socket and an extension. Also, the channels in the plates (or whatever you want to call them) closest to the plug will surely fill up with oil as it drains making a real mess. Any ideas here? Can they be mounted upside down to avoid the oil mess and can they be mounted backwards to keep the long end in the front without interfering with anything up there? I'm writing this in the house, of course, and may see the light when next I go out back to the shop and stare again. Would love to hear ideas. Maybe I'll leave them off. Don't plan on doing much curb or stump jumping with this thing. Ray pax sine tedio 73 Eldo "19" |
Regards,
Greg Bender
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