Okay, sounds like a plan to me! They shouldn't be too short with the bracket. I'll try to get this done tomorrow. It's a tight squeeze without a jack, but I barely fit under there. Tall and slender fits the bill lol.

 

hey tibbster i was under my truck today and i checked how they bolt up

they bolt on behind the lower control arm brackets

well on 1st gens they did

 

Here you go

 

I think this issue was already resolved but o well, this is the best picture i have of the bracket, hope it helps.....sorry its massive

 

Thanks for the help everybody! I got the skid plate on two days ago. I used a longer bolt one side of the oil pan and a shorter bolt on the other based on how much room I had on each side of the oil pan. The bracket and plate are both on there. The bolts that bolt into the bracket wouldn't screw tight so I added a nut to each of the two bolts and now they are tight!

I finally decided what to do about the cb. Thanks for the wiring help! And I have decided to get a piece of flat steel bar stock and drill a hole in it and mount the antenna on that piece of stock. There is a bolt right under the bumper and I can bolt the flat piece of bar stock to that bolt and bolt the antenna to the stock and boom! Awesomeness! This way I won't have to have an ugly hole in my bumper and I'll get better reception! Win, win!

 

Which manual is this from?? looks a bit more useful that the Haines manual I picked up... So as far as getting the brackets for that plate that covers the front diff and oil pan on, all I have to worry about it getting the weight off the wheels?

 

this is a GM service manual
its the ones the dealers use

 

Damn, probably means I can't afford it

 

you can find them for a decent price on ebay

took me 2 months to find one for 25 bucks and it was in decent shape too

 

Somebody has to say it lol.

Holy batman! You blew the dust off this thread haha.