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Makita Sawzall that saved my arse today... - Waterloo - 08-11-2018
Check this little guy out... https://amzn.to/2VDTtA1
Saved my tail end removing a stubborn fuel strap nut/bolt. She fit right in the tight space and carved through the bolt like butter. Just thought I would throw it out there. ;-)
RE: Makita Sawzall that saved my arse today... - hhow55 - 08-11-2018
Makita make's high quality tool's.
RE: Makita Sawzall that saved my arse today... - Waterloo - 08-11-2018
(08-11-2018 )hhow55 Wrote: Makita make's high quality tool's.
She got right in there and chewed that bolt right up...
Saved my bacon... ;-)
RE: Makita Sawzall that saved my arse today... - smorgan87 - 08-12-2018
Gonna have to do the same with my tank straps. Them bolts arent budging.
RE: Makita Sawzall that saved my arse today... - Rawze - 08-12-2018
I just use a dremmel. It works just fine too.
RE: Makita Sawzall that saved my arse today... - Waterloo - 08-12-2018
(08-12-2018 )Rawze Wrote: I just use a dremmel. It works just fine too.
That is what I was going to use, my Dremel... I was up at Home Depot getting those cutoff discs when I saw this saw... They only had one left, and I had to climb for it. Really cool, and can really get into some tight spaces as it is virtually straight and very narrow. But, the Dremel would have worked too.
RE: Makita Sawzall that saved my arse today... - barf - 08-13-2018
I have a DeWalt reciprocating saw that I use a lot, but for the fuel tank straps I just used a real cheap 4.5" angle grinder.
It's hard to tell in this picture, but that middle tank strap was so rusty that I don't know how it hadn't snapped yet.
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I pulled my side skirts off when the truck was new, years later bought the little white fenders from a wrecker, and now have zero desire to ever have the skirts back on it, so I went with stainless tank straps.
There's been other posts here about how crappy the painted steel ProStar fuel tank straps are. I've had 5 break in the 10 years that I've owned this truck, so for a while I carried a spare with me. Now that I have all stainless, I hope that problem is over. Please check your tank straps!