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Old 09-02-2013, 02:09 PM
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Default Re: Silverado gas tank strap failure!!

I have 494,000 miles on my 95 silverado and the underside looks as good as the top side. I just don't drive it up North.... We don't salt our roads in Alabama, we use sand and in the last few years they started putting that messy spray on the roads in some areas. I used to work in Murray, KY around all the car rebuilders that were bringing cars back each week from auctions. I saw almost brand new trucks on lifts having all the fuel and brake lines replaced from rust. Tank straps were bad and the frames had patches welded in and undercoated to hide things. All these trucks and cars were coming from Northern States. Even the big car carriers trailers were falling apart and wouldn't pass DOT inspections from the rust in the frames. The few times I got caught up North in my truck in the winter it almost made me sick.


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