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Offline smaug1911

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swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« on: February 12, 2008, 05:39:44 AM »
on a Tacoma

Anyone done this? Doesn't seem too hard, but rust will make it virtually impossible.
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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2008, 08:53:15 AM »
not on a taco, but on a chevy
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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2008, 05:33:19 PM »
PB Blaster works wonders.  Soak over and over again. 
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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2008, 07:34:13 PM »
yeah, i KNOW your truck brian. i would probably find all new hard ware. no offence. it will be very hard to try to keep a lot of the hard ward if everything is a rusty as all the bed mounts.
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Offline smaug1911

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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2008, 10:41:18 PM »
dude...rust is our friend!

it is the only thing holding my truck together at this point.

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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2008, 01:51:18 AM »
I thought you had a white taco?  ???
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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2008, 05:10:02 AM »
not me...

are you thinking of Ben near colchester?
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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2008, 05:15:02 PM »
no, that is stich/mike. he painted it blue.

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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2008, 02:35:32 AM »
Yeah, that's right. I knew it was an "S" name. Sorry it's been a while.
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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2008, 03:44:45 AM »
no worries
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Re: swap a steering rack and replace oil pan
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2008, 05:30:44 AM »
pb blaster the shit out of it and stand by with a drill, tap and spare bolts.
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