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Old Apr 7, 2021
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cleaning up old 80s frame advice

took off my bed
exposed frame
I plan on dropping both tanks and getting them cleaned
my frame is rusty but not so bad
I spent feign 3.5 hours so far and got a bunch of the rust off
now I am wondering what route to take to keep it off and prevent future rusting

any advice?
Or other things to do while bed is off??
Also my leafs-rings are ****
I really need new ones

Also I found this ****??? what the **** is this?
Was this even apart of the truck or is it just a random item that got stuck over the years?







 
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Old Apr 9, 2021
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The mysterious item looks like a channel selection **** from an old, portable TV set.
Leafs and rings are bad (family forum), you say? What are rings?
Two fuel tanks? Looks factory going by the finished look of the fuel filler doors. Was this a "long range" edition?
 

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Old Apr 9, 2021
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Originally Posted by Georgeandkira
The mysterious item looks like a channel **** from an old, portable TV set.
Leafs and rings are bad (family forum), you say? What are rings?
Two fuel tanks? Looks factory going by the finished look of the fuel filler doors. Was this a "long range" edition?


leafsprings* damn auto correct changed it
I don’t know if there was a long range edition in 1984?
yeah it’s factory
there’s a cool little switch by the steering wheel for switch tanks
 
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Old Apr 9, 2021
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A neighbor had a "Sierra Classic Trailering Special" which had 2 tanks. Maybe your truck is a towing edition?
 
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Old Apr 9, 2021
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Also I found this ****??? what the **** is this?
Was this even apart of the truck or is it just a random item that got stuck over the years?
Been looking for one of these for several years now; it's called a "Round TuIt".
When I get one I'll know that I've finally gotten round to doing all those things on my long "ToDo List".


 
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Old Apr 26, 2021
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Originally Posted by DILLARD000
Been looking for one of these for several years now; it's called a "Round TuIt".
When I get one I'll know that I've finally gotten round to doing all those things on my long "ToDo List".
thank you for that lmao
 
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