Excellent suggestion as well. I picked linseed as it forms a skin pretty
quick and doesn't remain tacky for more than a day or two. Some chain
lubes do the same, if they attract dirt, that would add to chain wear.
Toyota used to frame coat trucks with this black paraffin stuff, sadly
they didn't use it on the bodywork.
I could be smokin something but the 97+ trucks seem to have bypassed
all the old late 80's style undercoating where stuff was dipped. All of the
later model powerstrokes and F series seem to get a lot of rust underneath
really fast, brake lines, fluid lines, body seams, frame, everything seems
to go crazy with rust in the salt belt. Anyone else make this same
observation up in the north country?
The old old 80's truck got painted with gear lube/roofing tar, its a mess
but its not getting rusty anytime soon. Just don't work underneath.
-Jason