New England B.S. Thread

Cool. I just wanted to make sure you weren't just defaulting to "it doesn't work right, let's throw some parts at it and see what happens"

 

My check engine light came on for the 1st time ever on Wed. Pulled the gas cap off and puff or , the smell of gas was very predominate! Put the cap back on and before I even got home my CEL was off

Moral to the story, make sure to put your gas cap on correctly

 

Eh I see people drive with the gas cap hanging off the car all the time. I just figured it was for the thrill...?

 

Never had this issue with any car I've had. One even had a cracked gas line, never set off an engine light.

 

The brand new forklifts ive been working on are still carbs

 

I love Trader Joe's. Closest one to me is in Hadley which is over an hour drive.

A while back we got an Aldi, which is owned by the same company, but it's like a cheap discount grocery store. We already have a Price Rite and a BJs for that purpose. Wish we got a Trader Joe's instead.

I typically split my shopping between Stop and Shop and BJs. A Big Y is actually closest to me, but I can't stand those stores.

 

I find Aldi is better than price right, though not as big of a selection

 

Went to aldi once and the chic breast was slimy as shit. I mean like raunchy slimey. Yea im allset never went back.

 

I get the frozen chicken.

 

Plus the one i went to is rite on the side of walmart so i just try to stay away from that end of town in general.

 

I'll try to keep in mind you have some experience if I ever get stuck

 

I have never been there. Been to Price Rite a long time ago, but not recently.

I'm partial to Stop and Shop for a lot of things. I think they're reasonably priced and the stores are well maintained and laid out sensibly. I buy my perishables and more unique things there and anything I can buy in bulk I get at BJs.

 

Can't seem to wake up fully today. Last night around midnight the hose on my portable AC blew out of the window unit. Woke up to hot, humid exhaust air blowing into the room. So I re-attached it. Half hour later, same thing happened. Then it happened around 2, again. By then I was pretty fed up with it, so I duct taped the hose to the window unit and worked fine the rest of the night.

 

Sounds like a big hose clamp would solve that problem. Tractor Supply has them.

 

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Will be something I'll do this weekend. Just needed the damn thing to stay on last night lol.

 

I had my gas cap on and the door shut but I guess I didn't wait to hear the click or something because as soon as I opened it I got a rush of gas smell. I let it air out for a few moments before reinstalling the cap and like I said it shut the light off by itself

 

http://thegarage.jalopnik.com/heres-what-it-cost-to-make-a-cheap-toyota-tacoma-as-rel-1796712352

Interesting article I just started reading. Did Toyota switch to a timing chain with the 2nd generation v6 (1GR-FE)?

 

That article seems like they could have just said "How to make a cheap Tacoma as reliable as everyone thinks it is- DO THE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE!"


And yes, the 1GR-FE uses a chain.

 

True, but it was neat to see how much that preventative maintenance costs especially for people who haven't done it before/ aren't mechanically inclined. He could flip the truck for $10K if he wanted to now. And good to know, thanks!

 

All toyotas are chain and most every company has came back from belts. Germans still use belts