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Originally Posted by werminghausen
Hi Mikein,
thanks.... yes, that is what I thought too.
I had 2 broken tank straps last year, tank was sitting on the bottom skid plate...and I needed to replace the straps. What a pain, as each of the skid plate bolts were rusted out and broke off. I had to weld new female threads ino the frame... 8mm nuts. This was problematic as some places are just very difficult to weld.
[I think this is my last T4R...just sick of the rust that is unavoidable in our areas]
I could try and lower the tank but I am also fearing that something else is coming up.
Question is how low does the tank need to be dropped in order to do the bracket? If I could lower the tank just an inch ...whatever the strap bolts could be opened without dropping the tank fully...and remove the last bracket... that could work.
As an alternative your strategy sounds feasible.... and it is what I will probably do as well.
Just leaving the old cable in place where it cannot be removed with the tank in place.
Martin
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Yeah, I welded new nuts on to mine too. Lots of welding I've done to this frame but in reality it's way less than what I did on my Cherokee way earlier in it's life. Look at the other trucks of similar age, especially pickups...just utter rust heaps. I just wish they warranteed the 4R frames like they did the Tundras. As for tank dropping, not sure on which way it will drop easier but that usually shows as soon as you start lowering it.