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07-01-2012, 03:07 AM | #1 |
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Re: My son bought his first truck tonight
hgs_notes : I was told by someone else... long after I had swapped out the tank on the '85 s10 that it was a lot easier to just pull the bed and then take out the tank.
If I ever have to do one again, I may try it that way. -W |
07-01-2012, 09:57 AM | #2 |
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Re: My son bought his first truck tonight
I was thinking about that while I struggled to get the tank out. The problem is that the bolts holding the bed were probably rusted as much as the cross braces they go through and I would have been struggling with that too. All I know is that I don't want to do it again.
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07-08-2012, 03:17 AM | #3 | |
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Looking at the truck they put down salt on the roads. i dont know if you knew this, but you could have gotten a plastic tank out of a newer model and it would bolt right in. you'ld think after 50 some odd years GM would quit putting hollow rockers and deep cab corners on trucks that rust out and fall off. |
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07-08-2012, 05:36 AM | #4 | |
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You'd think... but, I guess they want them to rust out so you have to buy another one? -W |
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07-08-2012, 08:10 AM | #5 | ||
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I really think his best option on this truck is to just drive the hell out of it as is, maintain it, fix the little things like the radio and AC. Then when he has his savings built up look for a truck or car with less miles and rust and get what he can out of this.
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07-24-2012, 08:03 PM | #6 |
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Re: My son bought his first truck tonight
nice looking truck. I had to replace the pump in the tank of my 89 a while back, and found that taking it out was easy enough, but hooking everything back up was a PITA so I just popped the bed off, real easy. wished I had thought of it sooner. probably lots that can go wrong with that to, but my bed was a cakewalk to take off. worst thing was how hard it was to figure out what was wrong with the truck, the pump didn't just quit, it just wasn't putting out the pressure it needed so it still ran, just not well
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