Underhood oil storage.

[RockRanger]

I have had way to many extra oil quarts get holes in them in my tool box and create a mess. I have looked at the Artec mounts. They are nice but none fit my needs and where I wanted it to go. Having a cnc plasma cutter in my garage made it easy to build my own. On my 93 ranger behind the passenger side headlight is a nice big opening. I am not sure if all trucks have this or just my stripped down version.

20151108_182121 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

I did a little cardboard cad and figured that I could fit 4 quarts of motor oil /atf and a quart of gear oil in this area. I spent some time on the computer and drew it out.

oil storage boxv2 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

I cut it out of 16ga steel. A few bends, a couple tack welds, a handful of rivets, and some spray paint and I had it ready to mount in the truck.

20151109_144044 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

20151109_144035 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Two 1/4 inch bolts hold one side to the inner fender.

20151109_145435 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

The other side has two quarter inch bolts mounting it to the radiator support. The lower bolt has a spacer of a nut between the mount and truck. This is because the unit has to sit at a slight angle to clear the factory air intake tube.

20151109_145542 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Here is what it looks like from the top.

20151109_145525 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

I put two quarts of engine oil and two quarts of ATF as well as the gear oil.

20151109_145627_010 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

Lid on ready to go. Pull the pin and the lid comes off and the oil is easily removed from the holder.

20151109_145908 by Matthew Dresselhaus, on Flickr

 

[RangerX]

More great fab work, Matt!

 

[R.J.]

I'm pretty sure my car has a battery there

 

[WormsExplorer]

I like that idea and fab work.