![]() ![]() Just so we are clear, we are talking about the heat shield that is on the floor pan above the trany, x-fer case, and drive line. ![]() He thanked me, but was sort of pissed that it was a VW that got him out. Once years ago, I pull a wrangler out of snow bank with it. It just doesn't have low range or ground clearance. Side topic: After driving the Liberty for two years, and the Quantum Syncro in the past on Vermont roads in winter, its my considered view that the old car with all 4 wheel getting power all the time is better on snow and ice than the jeep in 4 wheel drive. And I never had a clue until I was under it trying to mount the replacement part. When I took it off to fabricate a replacement piece, I discovered two of the four nylon mounts had partially melted from muffler heat. In time part of the heat shield rusted off. It has a heat shield between the muffler and the plastic fuel tank. Besides the Liberty I have an old 1988 VW Quantum Syncro with mechanical all wheel drive. I've fixed them on other vehicles with a piece of aluminum large enough to over lap where the holes are, and self-drilling sheet metal screws. The reason for it maybe not be obvious to us, but its valid or it would not be there. Manufacturers today cut every cost they can, to save every penny they can. Yes its needed - or it would not be there.
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