Toyota Tacoma

[giant_mtb]

Noticed a rattling type noise.  Intermittent-ish.  Discovered via getting underneath and tapping shit to try and replicate the sound that it's the heat shroud thing covering the catalytic converter ratting against...whatever it's mounted to.  It rattles sometimes at idle or under load.  It's nothing bad or mechanical, but it sure is annoying and makes it sound like shit.

[shp4man]

Noticed a rattling type noise.  Intermittent-ish.  Discovered via getting underneath and tapping shit to try and replicate the sound that it's the heat shroud thing covering the catalytic converter ratting against...whatever it's mounted to.  It rattles sometimes at idle or under load.  It's nothing bad or mechanical, but it sure is annoying and makes it sound like shit.

We fix those with a giant hose clamp.

[AutobahnSHO]

Noticed a rattling type noise.  Intermittent-ish.  Discovered via getting underneath and tapping shit to try and replicate the sound that it's the heat shroud thing covering the catalytic converter ratting against...whatever it's mounted to.  It rattles sometimes at idle or under load.  It's nothing bad or mechanical, but it sure is annoying and makes it sound like shit.

My wife's subie does that. We took it to an independent shop, he welded for a minute but it's doing it again.

[Soup DeVille]

We fix those with a giant hose clamp.

How fancy.

You guys too good for baling wire?

[Eye of the Tiger]

How fancy.

You guys too good for baling wire?

How fancy.

You too good for a scrap piece of 18 gauge insulated stranded copper wire found on the shop floor?

[giant_mtb]

We fix those with a giant hose clamp.

Hmm good idea. Cause the bolts are rusted. 

[Soup DeVille]

How fancy.

You too good for a scrap piece of 18 gauge insulated stranded copper wire found on the shop floor?

The smell of burning insulation is not something I usually consider to be a pleasant part of the motoring experience.

[Rupert]

Lots of headroom in trucks. I have only hit my head two or three times, but seatbelts lock up constantly.

I do not have this problem at high speed, low speed, medium speed, on gravel, dirt, bumpy, smooth, or rocky roads.

[Eye of the Tiger]

The smell of burning insulation is not something I usually consider to be a pleasant part of the motoring experience.

I suppose you're not into British cars.

[Soup DeVille]

I suppose you're not into British cars.

I think the insulation on old British auto electrical systems is made of a mix of Scottish tweed and the strings from tea bags.

Whatever it is, its not quite the same smell.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I think the insulation on old British auto electrical systems is made of a mix of Scottish tweed and the strings from tea bags.

Whatever it is, its not quite the same smell.

I hate stripping fabric insulation. Who came up with that bonehead idea?

[Soup DeVille]

I do not have this problem at high speed, low speed, medium speed, on gravel, dirt, bumpy, smooth, or rocky roads.

I have this problem every time i have to turn around at a stop light to keep one offspring from provoking/touching/stealing from/throwing at/throwing up/crying/yelling/laughing/ not quite touching but seeing how close you can get/drawing on another nearby offspring.

[Soup DeVille]

I hate stripping fabric insulation. Who came up with that bonehead idea?

A consortium of Scottish tweed and tea bag string manufacturers.

[Eye of the Tiger]

A consortium of Scottish tweed and tea bag string manufacturers.

For a place where Scotch tape got its name because they were so skimpy with adhesive, I cant understand why they are so generous with fabric.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I have this problem every time i have to turn around at a stop light to keep one offspring from provoking/touching/stealing from/throwing at/throwing up/crying/yelling/laughing/ not quite touching but seeing how close you can get/drawing on another nearby offspring.

Straight jackets have multiple uses.

[Soup DeVille]

For a place where Scotch tape got its name because they were so skimpy with adhesive, I cant understand why they are so generous with fabric.

For the same reason the English kept using square bolts on shit forever.

[Eye of the Tiger]

For the same reason the English kept using square bolts on shit forever.

Inbreeding?

[giant_mtb]

We fix those with a giant hose clamp.

Got a hose clamp this morning and clamped that sucker down. Problem solved. Thanks for the idea!

[shp4man]

Got a hose clamp this morning and clamped that sucker down. Problem solved. Thanks for the idea!

  It's a Ford approved procedure.

[giant_mtb]

Flexin.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I've got more flex in my rear torsion beam.

[giant_mtb]

TREK fits perfectly in Truck bed. So glad I don't have to spend $100 on a silly Dakine pad so I can hang my bike over the tailgate like a weirdo.  The way some people spend their money. 

[GoCougs]

Dakine gate pads are total brah!

I hate 'em too. People swear they hold the bike just fine but I just don't see it.

[Rupert]

Transporting bikes in cars is such a PITA.

[giant_mtb]

I never had a problem. Did it for years. Seats folded down, front wheel off, put it in, done.  Truck is easier/more convenient, though, for sure. 

[68_427]

Roof

[giant_mtb]

I'm not a roof rack kinda guy. Why would I want to put my bike on my roof when it fits right in the vehicle.

[AutobahnSHO]

Hitch rack > anything else.

Better aerodynamics, less lifting, more car space, lockable, etc...

[AutobahnSHO]

Not those hanging kind though. The kind where the bike sits on the rack.

[giant_mtb]

The audio interface thing from China came a lot earlier than expected. I shall spend my afternoon sipping beers and taking way too long to install it.

It'll probably take 6 minutes. lol