New England B.S. Thread

Fingers crossed. Pulling for him.

 

Thoughts are with him. Best of luck to you guys.

 

Hell, my shoes looked brandy new at 100k miles.

Best of luck to your Dad! Hang in there.

 

Hoping for the best for your dad

 

fingers crossed he pulls through!

 

Who's up for a New England version of this? I think our beer set the standard for craft beer in this country!

2ND Annual SD/OC Brewery Off Road Night December 17th 12pm

 

We used to do this. Hold on

 

The only vehicle I've ever had to replace shoes on is my '69, and that's because it has them on the front, and the ones on the back were almost years old and had delaminated.

 

Here it is

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/bud-plant-meet-merrimack-nh-3-26-11.141180/page-11#post-2932588

 

I'm sure they just need an adjustment and maybe a cleaning. Having a manual, my brakes probably last longer than average.

After Offroading last time, my parking brake wasn't holding for the week after, and the pedal felt soft. I'm sure some of that was water though.

 

Wow been over 5 years since that already!

 

Yup

 

So here's an "I told you so moment"

Finally going to do an oil change after 4,000 miles. I go to lift up the engine cover and it reveals tons of stuck on mud. I can wipe it off with a brisk scrub with a lysol wipe but i cant reach some spots and itll take all day to clean the engine bay. Any suggestions? I haeard of using simple green then just rinsing with garden hose, others say use pressure washer while the car is on. Any suggestions?

Its a 2016 so i dont want anything to go on me prematurley just because i was a newb at off roading and said hey, just floor it in the big pile of mud. I mean this stuff is EVERYWHERE.

 

Pressure wash it on a rainy day with simple green, that's about the best low-effort method. The moisture in the air will help loosen soften it up, and the pressure washer and the simple green will do the rest. You'll still have some, but no worse than regular road dirt.

 

Like what? The brand new G19 MOS I got recently? The RFB I got recently?

 

Also, passed my grade 4 operators license just before Thanksgiving, I start my new job a week from Monday

 

You can use a pressure washer, just don't go point blank and be mindful of what you're spraying. I wouldn't spend a lot of time on the air intake where the MAF sensor is for example. I usually wash my engine bay with the sprayer on a garden hose and it does fine. I wipe the top parts that you actually see when you open the hood and call it a day.

 

You can also get a wheel brush like one of these



This will help you out a lot in getting the heavy stuff off in hard to reach areas. They sell them everywhere, Auto Zone, Pep Boys or Advanced Auto

 

That looks like something you could get at some other stores also. I bet it's multi-use

 

Who wants to organize another one of these for next late spring/summer?