I like the idea about the hose for draining the rad but I'd still keep a Petcock there but use an extension house from that as many domestic radiators use.
My $0 mod relates to the rear dome light. After bumping the switch to the "always on" position while unloading some stuff i started thinking what a pain it would be if that happened on the trail. If i had done that during daylight i probably wouldn't have seen it and returned to a dead battery.
What i did was just rotate the entire housing 180 degrees so the switch points up and out of the way and put the screws back in. Plenty of wire so there's no stress on the harness and the access go right back into the same holes.
It may not seem like a big deal but I have nightmares of the "click" of a dead battery on the trail. Reminds of the old line: "The loudest sound in war is the click of your hammer falling on an empty chamber"
My $0 mod relates to the rear dome light. After bumping the switch to the "always on" position while unloading some stuff i started thinking what a pain it would be if that happened on the trail. If i had done that during daylight i probably wouldn't have seen it and returned to a dead battery.
What i did was just rotate the entire housing 180 degrees so the switch points up and out of the way and put the screws back in. Plenty of wire so there's no stress on the harness and the access go right back into the same holes.
It may not seem like a big deal but I have nightmares of the "click" of a dead battery on the trail. Reminds of the old line: "The loudest sound in war is the click of your hammer falling on an empty chamber"