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Yeah, I wish it was going to be this easy. I can't seem to get the remaining
bolts off the plate as they are rusted solid. I know that will break off,
as a bunch are now. I'm hoping I can get enough off to be able to put enough
back to be able to keep the plate from rattling. But they are all rusted
really badly, I already busted one off. I was hoping either I can drill new
holes and tap new bolts, or just run without the shield?

Joel

"dissembler" <dissembler@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:yOxMf.15454$rL5.5894@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...[color=blue]
> Same thing happened to me. I went to one of those 10 minute oil change
> places where you stay in the vehicle and the guy in the pit does the
> change and then you just drive out. Anyway, I heard him clanging around
> for a good 5 minutes and then got out and asked what he was doing. He said
> (in broken english) that he had to charge me more because he had to take
> off my skid plate. I then kindly advised him to go through the driver side
> wheel well flap to get to the oil filter on a 3.4 Tacoma. He finished up
> rather quickly and I left. The next day I crawled underneath and of course
> I had a few skid plate bolts missing and a few less-than finger tight. At
> the risk of letting these minimum wage "technicians" touch my truck again,
> I just sucked it up and went to Lowes and found an equivalent bolt to
> replace the 4 missing ones. I believe the original head size is 12mm and
> the new ones I bought were 13mm heads. Just take one of the original bolts
> to a hardware store and find a nut that fits it nicely. Then, find a bolt
> that they sell that also fits the nut nicely and buy however many you
> need. Last step is to do all your own oil changes yourself from now on.
>
>
>
> "Joel" <Joel@cyberbest.com> wrote in message
> news:1141022014_7347@sp6iad.superfeed.net...[color=green]
>> Over the many years of having my old changed, I noticed they stopped
>> taking the lower front shield off the bottom of the truck to get at the
>> oil filter. I didn't think much of it until I went to change the filter
>> myself. It turns out either the bolts are missing, cross threaded or
>> rusted. I broke one off trying to get it loose. I don't see any way to
>> get the shield off without breaking the rest of the bolts. I do need to
>> get the shield off as I see at least one oil filter laying on the shield
>> but can't get to it. So someone along the way dropped it and let it go.
>>
>> Anyway, I was wondering if once I get the shield off, it it's okay to run
>> without? I don't really do any off road stuff, mostly highway driving.
>> I'm sure I'll break off the rest of the bolts getting it off.
>>
>> Joel
>>
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