Subject: motor skid plates
Author: Ray Hale
Date: Jul 17, 2005, 5:15 PM
Post ID: 1719170198
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"