[FordeatinZ71]

Originally Posted by GreaseDog

this is a discussion forum, and you started a topic of discussion. now we're discussing it. that's kinda why i frequent these pages.

good reads there, but im still taking all of that plastic crap off of my tanks on both trucks.

i hear ya man, i shouldn't have generalized those first statements, i was more angry that BigJohnson was showing off the fact that he's immature, by littering the thread with useless statements such as GOT my NUT...he did this $h!t in the other thread i had made about this and now he's determined to screw with this thread too. young people who act like he does give people like SilveradoNolan and Chevyman247 (who are younger than him but act much older judging by their responses to things online...after all thats all i have to judge by...)a really bad rap. because people see him carrying on like a and then they generalize it as "oh, he's just young and young people just have to be stupid/idiotic"...it's not fair to the more mature members such as the one's i've mentioned (and there are plenty more like 'em, just thought of those two right off...)


anyway, you are actually smart to take off the plastic crap. that shield that goes around the tank isn't gonna save you from any accident impact (heck, the recall fix probably isn't either) and that plastic shield is known to trap in rocks/mud against the tank causing it to rust. if mine had the plastic shield around it i would remove it too. mine just has the tiny plastic (err metal, not really sure what it is to be honest...) shield between the filler neck and the bedside. i don't put a whole lot of faith in it myself, but at least it's something. the only reason for making this thread was to inform John Q. Public that the fix is available and this is what it looks like, so they can figure out if they need it...in case they want it.

BTW, here's another link to a website made by a victim's family...www.nocrash-noburn.com. it hasn't been updated in a LONG time but there's still some info there...