Are there any gas tank skid plates for an 04 sport trac left?

[NewTrac17]

Starting to do some wheeling and I am thinking that a gas tank skid plate would be a good investment. I have an 04 sport trac and have only been able to find job 1 gas tank skid plates. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

 

[OffTrac]

Starting to do some wheeling and I am thinking that a gas tank skid plate would be a good investment. I have an 04 sport trac and have only been able to find job 1 gas tank skid plates. Any help is appreciated!

Thanks

Sorry, can't help but could you point me in the direction of the job1 skid plates you've found?

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[NewTrac17]

Sorry, can't help but could you point me in the direction of the job1 skid plates you've found?

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Here is the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-GENUINE...Parts_Accessories&hash=item4608e71077&vxp=mtr

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Hugh, I've brought this topic up and researched it alot. Since you have the smaller steel gas tank that is shared with the 2nd Gen Ex's and Mounty's you can use one from them (those are steel). As for the rest of us with the larger plastic gas tanks Ford did make a composite skid plate but the stories I've read about them holding up to anything are really sad. Plus when I finally was able to track the last two available in the Ford dealer database I was given numbers to dealers in different states only to be told to call another dealer. This was probably two years ago and there were only three left. I have a thread with the part numbers on here.

 

[OffTrac]

Hugh, I've brought this topic up and researched it alot. Since you have the smaller steel gas tank that is shared with the 2nd Gen Ex's and Mounty's you can use one from them (those are steel). As for the rest of us with the larger plastic gas tanks Ford did make a composite skid plate but the stories I've read about them holding up to anything are really sad. Plus when I finally was able to track the last two available in the Ford dealer database I was given numbers to dealers in different states only to be told to call another dealer. This was probably two years ago and there were only three left. I have a thread with the part numbers on here.

I remember that thread now. I have the part number for mine saved in a folder on my to do list but keep putting it off. Maybe next spring if life slows down a little. Starting to think coilovers and no SAS.

Sorry for the hijack NewTrac. Thanks for the link.

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[NewTrac17]

I remember that thread now. I have the part number for mine saved in a folder on my to do list but keep putting it off. Maybe next spring if life slows down a little. Starting to think coilovers and no SAS.

Sorry for the hijack NewTrac. Thanks for the link.

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No worries. I thought I would start a new thread to update where/if there are any gas tank skid plates for 01-05 sport tracs.

 

[OffTrac]

No worries. I thought I would start a new thread to update where/if there are any gas tank skid plates for 01-05 sport tracs.

I wonder what would be involved in swapping to the Job1 tank. Are there any differences besides just the tank itself? Definitely more involved than just bolting a skid plate on but it might be worth the hassle if a Job1 tank could be pulled from a wreck and just be swapped.

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[N2FORD]

I took one off a job1 and put it on a job2 if that helps. I kept the skid plate of the 98 Mounty donor, if someone wants it come get it, near Knoxville TN.

 

[NewTrac17]

I took one off a job1 and put it on a job2 if that helps. I kept the skid plate of the 98 Mounty donor, if someone wants it come get it, near Knoxville TN.

What did you do to make it work? Or did it just bolt on.

I wonder if an 02-05 explorer gas tank skid plate would work for a sport trac. I had a 2004 explorer and it had a 22.5 gallon gas tank. Same as my 04 sport trac.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

This is an OLD thread but very helpful...

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185974

This is the thread I started last year on the differences.

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=368695&highlight=sport+trac+gas+tank+skid+plate

The skid plate from the newer Ex's (02+) are different. The ST shares mostly the same parts from a 95-01 Explorer, 97-01 Mounty, 01-03 Explorer Sport and the 98-10 Rangers.

 

[N2FORD]

I just bolted it on, I guess I never checked to see if anything was different. I figured it would work so I just took it off my job 1 that I am going to sell after the engine is replaced and put it on my job 2 that I am keeping. I will compare the Mounty one I have to the one on my job 2.

 

[MidnightRebel07]

The differences between the two skid plates and gas tanks are :

The early ST has a smaller steel tank (same as 2nd Gen Ex and Mounty) thee use the steel skid plate.

The later ST has a much longer plastic gas tank that uses the complosite skid plate which is hard to find and way overpriced (when I was going to buy one last year, after finally tracking a couple down they were priced at just shy of $400 without shipping and mounting hardware) you can have a steel one made for half that at a fab shop.

I'll probably be running a fuel cell or a rear mounted tank from a Bronco II like RockRanger has on his Ranger.

 

[NewTrac17]

The differences between the two skid plates and gas tanks are :

The early ST has a smaller steel tank (same as 2nd Gen Ex and Mounty) thee use the steel skid plate.

The later ST has a much longer plastic gas tank that uses the complosite skid plate which is hard to find and way overpriced (when I was going to buy one last year, after finally tracking a couple down they were priced at just shy of $400 without shipping and mounting hardware) you can have a steel one made for half that at a fab shop.

I'll probably be running a fuel cell or a rear mounted tank from a Bronco II like RockRanger has on his Ranger.

Thanks for the links. I have read a few of those threads and it looks like I will just have look pretty hard to find a skid plate or have a shop make one.

$400 for a composite skid plate is way overpriced as you stated. So no steel gas tank skid plates were made for the job 2 sport tracs? Only composite?

Monday I will call some salvage yards to see if they have one and get a quote from a shop to have one made.

Thanks again for the responses

 

[MidnightRebel07]

Nope, another blunder on Ford's behalf of making a plastic skid plate for a plastic gas tank. If you have the bigger plastic gas tank then the only thing available through Ford was a plastic skid plate. If you have the earlier ST with the Ex's steel gas tank then you can bolt a steel skid plate from a 2nd Gen Explorer.