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Old 12-19-2002, 01:25 PM   #1
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friendly matainance tip

everytime i wash my truck i clean these out. im suprised by how many people dont knoe they are there. they are drain holes for your rockers, and they are probaby plugged. might want to check them out. i use a hack saw blade to clean them.
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Old 12-19-2002, 01:27 PM   #2
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Old 12-19-2002, 02:27 PM   #3
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I discovered them a long time ago when I heard water slouching in my door, I unpluged them and watched wated come out for 15 min or so.


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Old 12-19-2002, 02:35 PM   #4
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Can you do a bigger pic or explain more? I can't tell where that is from the pic. I THINK I know but . . .
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Old 12-19-2002, 04:23 PM   #5
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just lay down below your door and look up! lol this is the underside of your rocker
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Old 12-19-2002, 04:25 PM   #6
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duhhhh, hehehehe
You'd think after rolling around underneath that ***** all the time, I would recgonize it!

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Old 12-19-2002, 06:08 PM   #7
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Don't need 'em...

That's the only part of my truck that's rusted.
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Old 12-19-2002, 09:04 PM   #8
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uhhhhh i think most of us have much larger drain holes that cant be clogged anymore lol. at least whats left of the rockers
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Old 12-19-2002, 09:45 PM   #9
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those big holes are drain holes!?!? damnit! the guy I bought my truck from told me they were speed holes!

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Old 12-19-2002, 10:10 PM   #10
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I think my truck was ordered with out the rocker panel option. I didn't see them listed on the option sheet.
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Old 12-19-2002, 10:44 PM   #11
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Dont forget the holes in the front fender cups and the holes in the front of the bed. I think thats all of them?
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Old 12-19-2002, 11:51 PM   #12
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I accidentally ripped my pants on my drain holes when getting out of the truck. Mine are bigger than the pic
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Old 12-20-2002, 12:06 AM   #13
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Some guys have to ask, "where are those drain holes again?" I have to ask, "where'd you get all that blue shiny stuff to put around that rust hole? " I could go on like this for days.
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Old 12-20-2002, 12:07 AM   #14
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Mostly what my drain holes are good for is letting the warm air out of the cab in the winter and into the cab in the summer.
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Old 12-20-2002, 12:09 AM   #15
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Oh, yeah, occasionally something falls out, too. Lost a box of fuses that way just the other day. Come to think of it, I haven't seen that small child that used to go for rides with me in a while either. I promise, I'll quit now.
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