Recent content by thelanranger

Hate to break it to you but that white one might be missing a couple parts.

Gotcha. I guess that is a reasonable safety item. Perhaps I can unthread it from this harness somehow and install it without taking the entire car apart then....

Upon getting this part and reassessing things I don't fully understand what the key lock solenoid actually does? Can anyone explain to me the purpose of this part of the assembly is even for other than simply preventing me from taking the key out of the ignition with the vehicle NOT in park...

One blown fuse and 12 trips to the store for misc hardware and I'm done for the day. Still room for the stock fender cover. The sub box should (more or less) be centered up with the cubby hatch and I should be able to put the requisite outlets in the hole for the ashtray so nothing is too...

Figured I'd update this post since I'm goofing off a bit today. I ran all the wiring to the rear sub area for outlets and battery and got a 100ah chinesium lifepo4 battery (which arrived DOA) so I carried on and used it to size everything. Replacement is a LiTime that will match the DC-DC...

Confirmed Key Interlock Solenoid. Removed the two screws from the box on the bottom of the lock cylinder with part number 85432-60010 and everything works normally. Just a little electronic pin that stabs out when the vehicle is not in park I guess? So, either this is hosed up or the shift...

Free feet pics in this economy?!

Yea, 100% confirmed. If the battery is hooked up I cannot remove the key. If it is hooked up I can turn through all the modes and everything works fine. What locks the key into ACC so if the battery is connected you can insert the key, go to ACC, then ON and start the car and everything but then...

This is what I've ALWAYS heard about them for 25 years. It was either "I got my kid's rust bucket painted pink for $99!" when they used to do that crap but the car was only $500 or if you wanted a half decent job you could pull all your trim and everything in your own garage, spend the 100...

Well, I'm confused worse now. As soon as I unhooked the battery then it allowed me to turn the cylinder normally. Can someone explain this? What cursed, electrical dohickey, do I need to replace and sacrifice to the car gods.

I drove home today and when I stopped the key would not turn from ACC to Lock to turn the vehicle off. I tried all the usual things like jigglying, spraying lube in there etc and nothing worked. As it was on ACC and would not go any further the vehicle is still on. As I'm home and the key is on...

I looked into all this and on top of it being a giant mess a 100ah power station with reverse charge and MPPT is like $1,000. You can build that into your car for $250 and it looks like it came from the factory. I'm extremely averse to bags of junk in the cargo space of the vehicle. It should do...

I looked at these and while they seem nice the 20" is the problem. It seems like pretty much all these premade batteries are just built around standard prismatic cell sizes in various layouts (this one being 2x11 laid flat) but I don't get why it's $500 for a 100ah battery? It's clearly still a...

Yea, that's a little out of budget. That kind of thing is rather what I was trying to avoid with the whole secondary battery tray nonsense. These kinds of trays and things are nice and all but they cost more than the stuff you bolt to them! I'm realizing why half of these vehicles are selling...

I'll take pics when I get to it. I figure that worst case I have to cut some things but I agree, if I can put a $80 solar panel on the roof rack and leave a fridge running in the cargo area all the time then that would be sweeeeeeet. It seems like those other "slim" batteries most assuredly...