I have a 1992 Dodge Ram B250 Cargo Van that I am restoring. I have looked everywhere, including salvage yards for these inner engine guards. They seem to be oil or tar impregnated cardboard, or something similar, but I can't find any in good enough shape to use as is, or to use as a template to cut out new ones. Does anyone have both driver and passenger side guards I could use as a template? Perhaps someone has a lead on where to get these new?

Thanks!

 

A junkyard is the best place to look. Keep in mind they only made one for the passenger side, not the driver's side. I guess they figured protection from the puddles along the side of the road was the only need for them.

 

I thought for sure there was one on the drivers side. There are on later model Ram Vans.

 

Data point: there was no guard on the driver's side on my 1998 360 Ram Van. I made & installed one. I used 1/8" thick fabric-reinforced rubber.

There were some mounting holes I could use for the push-in anchors, matching the ones on the passenger side, but I had to drill others, being very careful about what was on the other side. My impression is that it gets much hotter in the engine compartment.now; I think the extremely hot air coming up from the exhaust.manifolds tends to block the airflow from the fan and vehicle movement. Still haven't decided whether to remove the one I put in.

 

can you send pics? I lover to see them!

 

Not really, sorry. It is parked outside at a storage place here in Toronto, with at least a foot of snow all around it. (It's an RV, not a daily driver.) I would have to dig it out.

 

I' would also have to jack it up and remove the front wheel...