New England B.S. Thread

Welcome to our side of the country! Glad you had a safe and fun trip.

 

Grinding sounds like a wheel bearing? I personally don't know of any mechanics - I tend to do my own work but if you have a jack I would take a look at it real quick to see if it's safe to even drive on. That or take it to a reputable (Yelp helps) local mom/pop shop since tacoma's really aren't that hard to work on.

 

Yeah I usually do to, but now I won’t have a garage until we buy a house; hopefully not too long from now.

As for the bearings... I put new Toyota bearing in just in April, then right one hour into the trip the bearings crapped out and I got them replaced in Phoenix. I can’t imagine it being the culprit again, but knowing my luck maybe!

Tacoma’s aren’t hard to work on, but my experience is that ships that don’t specialize in Toyotas love to mis diagnose lots of expensive parts, maybe because they aren’t familiar with common issues. For expamle the shop that replaced my bearings on the road wanted to replace both sets of ucas and lcas too, which is nuts!

 

@Fitzwilly and suggestions for a mechanic in the area ?

 

Yes a good friend of mine at City Tire on Southbridge Street will take care of you. Closed today and tomorrow though. So Monday call there his name is Chris.

 

@arwinnnsd

 

How'd you make out? Did it in 2 hours 45 mins, no rain really, but holy shit there was a ton of mud everywhere on the course

 

315's are on. They just stick out but fill the wheel openings better but still have room to flex. Wish Jeep did this from factory instead of 285's. I went with the C rating cause one of the techs had the E on his Jeep and we went for a ride. It is a harder ride, not obnoxious, but he also said it shudders across multiple bumps on the rode. Time will tell if it was a mistake.

 

Wish I could help but I am not really “from” the Worcester area. 3 years ago we bought my wife’s childhood home when her mom moved to the lake in Hopkinton. I used to do most of my own work on my jeep tjs. for the last 5-6 years I’ve had warranties and used dealerships. I’ll ask a kid at work who lives up by Worcester Airport but unchained seems to have a guy.

 

How far are you from Dorchester? There's a place called Bánh Mì Ba Lẹ that has it.

 

Dorchie is a haul - I normally go to Ba le to get my banhmi fix though

 

Took the Taco for a ride to pick up some Chinese food.
Wait. That's a good mixed menu.
TOMB

 

Are you in Worcester or close by? I'm in the town over

I don't really have much to offer for a mechanic though; haven't looked too hard at options. May keep @Unchained 5150's guy for future reference though.

 

I agree with wheel bearings...you can jack it up and spin the tire and hear the grind...but if you say it was replaced then maybe it's something else...I just bought a new set and today's rain put a DAMPER on the install as I don't have a garage. So that led to me going out to lunch with the wife and kid and we remembered it was tax free day so we basically impulse bought a pellet stove to replace our 23 year old, came with the house, how many times can I repair this or that and now my wife thinks it's a death trap...wood stove...Looking at a Ravelli RV100 Classic in black http://usa.ravelligroup.it/prod/38-rv100_classic.php

 

Just noticed your name, Love it...My first CD was 5150

BTW @arwinnnsd if you're looking for some good mom and pop Mexican take out check out Sol of Mexico https://www.yelp.com/biz/sol-of-mexico-worcester I Love the fish burritos...I always buy 2, 1 for now and one for later...Chow it down between dumping hot sauce on it.

And of course you can never go wrong with the Boynton https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-boynton-restaurant-and-spirits-worcester-2?osq=The+boynton SOOO many foods..and beers...

 

You mean me? Lol. I don't take care of his routine stuff, just the more involved. I can't blame him, long drive for routine stuff

 

Wait a second!!!! @tacobell007 is MY mechanic! Get in line everyone else. LOL

 

Just got home from the wedding. As I expected it was an over the top, crazy fun time. Service was long but the recieving party was great, food was fantastic and it was an open bar all night long! Good times!

 

Just around 2:25. Started at 9:15, so we finished just before the rain. You're right though, the course was very muddy!

 

You should bring me another project. I need to be kept busy. Too much BS going on right now