Calling all Virginians (Tidewater area)

I just welded someones Muffler yesterday on post with a cheap HF one they picked up. No issues and my bead was pretty as the lady said. Continuous and consistent. Smooth with NO grinding needed. So yeah, I do not see what all the fuss is about.

 

exactly. the 135s are rated to 3/16 but ive seen them do almost half inch pretty well. dont think ill need anything over 3/16 anyway. and if Anthony trusts burrys little welder to hold half his truck together then i think it'll do fine for bumpers and such

 

Hopefully they didn't take you over the hurdles too bad. ETA is expensive!

 

Salt is the only way. I'm may even open mine this week with the forecast looking so good!

Mod day here is On. Sat 9AM. I'll be Makin some burgers n dogs for lunch... Bring ur own liquids and snacks. If we're going to need a bearing press for anyone let me know by wed and I'll get Ron's big one delivered for the weekend.

No mask here except cheesy ones. If you see Paul today... Grab my $20 and give it to me Sat.

Tidewater Auto E? We're u happy with them?

Delicious looking tacos!

 

I wouldn't take my truck back to eta if they were the last 4x4 shop on the planet. The only reason I went there in the first place was I had a buddy that worked the counter and I worked really close to it. I do most of my own work and I only took it there for alignments and mounting tires. The owner was rude to me on more than one occasion and they jerked me around a lot about my alignment, which should not have been a big deal. First I needed adjustable control arms, they still couldn't get it right. Then I needed adjustable struts, this was my third alignment there and they said it was finally right. Now that I have brand new tires that are square it looks like I'm running positive camber on one side and negative on the other! I think they cheated the specs to get me to leave. I'm sure if I were spending a bunch of money at one time things would have been different. I feel like because I only went there for small stuff they didn't really take the time to make sure it was right.

 

Yes ato. Only one out there really. Gonna be a pain to get them rivets out.

 

John - I'll should be there by 9. My son has a birthday party, so I can only stay till 12.

I'm sure I asked before, but what brake pads are recommended?

 

Morning yall

 

Interested to see how that goes...

 

Oem

 

Same here -- they did the worst job on my cab mount chop and charged me way too much. It wasn't even worth arguing with them, I'm just going to have to pay for re-work. THey also tried to keep some of my parts, But it was " an accident" had to go around and around with them to get get my stock parts back.

Lesson learned. I won't be going back there. Over priced without the worksmanship to justify it.

 

They did the same thing to me ! I bought a set of tires that were mounted on16x12 8lug wheels and when I had them swapped over they put my old tires in the back of my truck but there were no rims. When I asked about it the dude goes " oh I didn't think you wanted those back"

 

Shit you had better be helping out!

 

OEM or any good quality ceramics... Duralast Gold... If your here by 9 we'll be done quick.

 

Wheres the thread on the Both Differential and transmission fluid changing?

 

If you go to StAndrews diy on 1 St Gen links he has a link that shows diff fluid front and rear and its on a second Gen.

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/68462-diy-full-flush-automatic-transmission.html
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/63851-how-drain-refill-automatic-transmission.html

found those for the tranny

 

Are the brake lines from the group buy here good???? Thinking about ordering those.

 

I spent 30min looking for the IceCream last night. The wife kept telling me it was in there. I called the store and even went back there to see if I left a bag. Decided to get another icecream since I couldn't find the one I bought earlier.

On the way home, I thought, "Oh shit, she did it again, I bet it's in the Refridgerator!"

sure enough. The MILK was under the sink, and the Ice Cream was in the fridge...

 

I did my rears when I was down there. No issues yet.