03 2500 HEMI 4x4 stick shift- Common issues?

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superRAM99

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Just bought a '03 2500 HEMI 4x4 with a stick shift. It has 100k miles / 160k KM on the clock.

What are the common issues?
What preventative maintenance should I be looking at?
What's the best way to remove some flaky frame rust? It's still quite solid now with no holes or weakspots, but I need to do something soon.
 

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Knock the big flakes off and slather POR15 on the rust that's left. Bonds with it.
 

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It's been around a long time (at least 22 yrs that I know of). First used it back in 2002-ish to keep an 800 gal water tank from blowing it's bottom out for a few months until we had a contract awarded to replace it. More recently had a section of frame behind the front bumper that was starting to get a little rough, put it on there and good to go.
 
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