Water Drain plug on Fuel Filter Housing

[drover]

The Colorado one had a tab instead of a phillips head, easier to operate BUT it hang down for any old rock or roadkill to take out, made a bash plate for the housing but while it worked well was a pain to make, the shop bought ones mount off the filter housing bolts so you have to undo the bolts each change, steel bolts into an alloy housing, I could see trouble there and I think the after market ones for the Jeep are the same, to date I haven't made one yet .................... I could imagine how the apprentice would cross thread it .......

[Jeeper6]

Originally Posted by drover

The Colorado one had a tab instead of a phillips head, easier to operate BUT it hang down for any old rock or roadkill to take out, made a bash plate for the housing but while it worked well was a pain to make, the shop bought ones mount off the filter housing bolts so you have to undo the bolts each change, steel bolts into an alloy housing, I could see trouble there and I think the after market ones for the Jeep are the same, to date I haven't made one yet .................... I could imagine how the apprentice would cross thread it .......

Yeah, I bought one of Custom Offroad's fuel filter skid plate covers before going to the Cape. They do bolt on the the fuel filter housing with longer bolts which hold the housing as well.
Not really an issue except it means more time to drain or change filters as it has to be removed first....and yes, no doubt any monkey employed by a Dealer and they changed the filters you can bet they would bugger it up for you.

I am glad i did have it fitted, because when i got hung up on that rock at a creek crossing on the OTT, it was the left side of the Jeep that was stuck. The result was a bent fuel tank support that side and a reasonable dent to the fuel tank. Without the filter cover in place i reckon it may well have caused major trauma to the fuel filters as well...which would have been a disaster.

I haven't fitted it to this Jeep due to the hassle in changing filters, but definitely would if going off road again...

[Grippy]

Originally Posted by Jeeper6

Yeah, I bought one of Custom Offroad's fuel filter skid plate covers before going to the Cape. They do bolt on the the fuel filter housing with longer bolts which hold the housing as well.
Not really an issue except it means more time to drain or change filters as it has to be removed first....and yes, no doubt any monkey employed by a Dealer and they changed the filters you can bet they would bugger it up for you.

I am glad i did have it fitted, because when i got hung up on that rock at a creek crossing on the OTT, it was the left side of the Jeep that was stuck. The result was a bent fuel tank support that side and a reasonable dent to the fuel tank. Without the filter cover in place i reckon it may well have caused major trauma to the fuel filters as well...which would have been a disaster.

I haven't fitted it to this Jeep due to the hassle in changing filters, but definitely would if going off road again...

Did you have fuel tank skids too?

[drover]

I have 2 ideas for the Jeep one is I use studs , screw into filter held by a flat nut then the hole in the bash plate fits over the nut and is held to the stud with nut that has its own washer, whatever they are called, then when doing a filter change the housing doesn't move and threads stay good. The other version was a bit of angle is mounted to the housing bolt and the bash plate is bolted to it gain the filter housing is never touched for filter change, did it on the Colorado and was a pain to actually get right... my preferred idea is the front of the bash plate not be a flat face so the plate deflects any hits not absorb the force as it could cause more damage being fitted than if none at all...
Like bullet proofs, sliders always work better than flat faced armour plate.

Though a bit of shredded tyre, a dried out bit of road kill, bit of dunage on the highway will probably do more damage underneath than most drives along a dirt track, thats what Ive found over too many years and why I have bash plates more for highway debris, the bush track protection is a bonus..