Heavy Duty Flywheel Inspection Cover?

[Stumpalama]

My recent wheeling adventure exposed a potential weak point in my 1981 FJ40 underbody.
I got myself hungup HARD on a rock right up on my inspection cover and my oil pan. I dented the oil pan and crushed the inspection cover so bad I was throwing sparks and had to peal the cover open to clear the flywheel.

There isn't much space in the area to mount a skid plate that wouldn't interfere with the front DS. So, has anyone seen or built a heavy duty (think ruffstuff style diff cover) inspection cover for their rig?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Kind of a narrow spot to hit. Why not a transmission/oil pan skid, that connects from the transfer case skid, and has other mounts up by the engine mounts on the frame.

 

[Stumpalama]

Kind of a narrow spot to hit. Why not a transmission/oil pan skid, that connects from the transfer case skid, and has other mounts up by the engine mounts on the frame.

Yeah, I have a transmission crossmember under my 40, just like the FJ60/62. I've considered fabbing a new transmission mount that would double as a skidplate, but I thought that might be overkill.
The critical piece would be finding a suitable transmission mount (the rubber part) that would allow for a custom crossmember.

 

[Stumpalama]

Kind of a narrow spot to hit. Why not a transmission/oil pan skid, that connects from the transfer case skid, and has other mounts up by the engine mounts on the frame.

Hmmmm, Maybe I have a cool job for @OTRAMM , to come up with a 40/60 lowprofile transmission crossmember/skidplate using his ginormous shop press.

Kind of like this: Superior Crossmember Transfer Case Suitable For Toyota Hilux/4Runner/Surf (Solid Front) | Superior Engineering

 

[OTRAMM]

Certainly doable. Just not sure when .I rebent one of @TRFCSUX skid plates yesterday to make it line up.

 

[Stumpalama]

Certainly doable. Just not sure when .I rebent one of @TRFCSUX skid plates yesterday to make it line up.

Meh, we can work out a time in the future... I haven't even come up with the design yet... But, it might be pretty f-ing cool!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I'm thinking like this:

Make it go all the way up past the oil pan sump.

 

[S4Cruiser]

I'm thinking like this:

Make it go all the way up past the oil pan sump.

Slight hijack...those tapered bolt mounts that protect the head, are they something off the shelf like a weld washer or something one off custom?

 

[TRFCSUX]

Marlin sells a nice heavy duty mount for this. I was going to use on the 62 but it was not in stock , shocker I know. Ryan can press , bend,shape ,crush anything you could need. Just can’t be any longer than he is tall.

 

[Stumpalama]

Marlin sells a nice heavy duty mount for this. I was going to use on the 62 but it was not in stock , shocker I know. Ryan can press , bend,shape ,crush anything you could need. Just can’t be any longer than he is tall.

LOL!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Slight hijack...those tapered bolt mounts that protect the head, are they something off the shelf like a weld washer or something one off custom?

For Jeep Wrangler 07-17 Tapered Bolt Head Protector for Skid Plate Systems | eBay