what did you do to your xj/zj/wj today?

For what its worth;

I took my bare metal fuel tank down and primed and painted it with Rustoleum Truck bed liner. It was on it when I bought the Jeep in May. I didn't like it just bare metal, and wanted to protect it.







And the tank reinstalled.



It looks plastic. but its metal. now I just gotta get a skid plate for it.

Xj_88 said:

Good luck! I screwed it up the first time I tried reinstalling mine! Make sure you double check the rear part of the gasket!

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Thanks. Well, getting it in was a major PITA. The tranny lines were in the way, the shocks kept the axle just high enough, I couldn't get the pan over it. I used a couple bolts on both ends to hold the gasket in place while I jammed the pan back up in there. I soon learned that if you twist it just right, a slight tap on the rear and it will pop up over the axle. minimal scratching of the fresh paint (bedliner). The bolts held the front of the gasket and I stuck a bolt in a socket on about 12" extension through that little tin bracket and slid it up through the oil pan and into the gasket. held everything up and wiggled the bolt in. did the other side of the rear main bearing and prayed to the XJ Gods that the gasket went into the groove on the main cap. put all the bolts in, filled it with oil and fired it up. got it hot and didn't see any leaks. I'll check it again after I get to work just to make sure. Fingers crossed.