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OlYellr
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Some Random shots from the trip.
This is Sunday (Stony Pass)
Same day...
It was like driving 1800 ft. up hill over basketballs - happy to be on down side of Stony.
This is Sunday (Stony Pass)
Same day...
It was like driving 1800 ft. up hill over basketballs - happy to be on down side of Stony.
OlYellr
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Airing down Monday..
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i have no idea how you find time to take pics. keep it up.
i think the down side of stony was the worst part of the trail, especially for a newb. that is where the basketball sized chunks were. brutal. i kept thinking i was breaking stuff. you know, drag those u bolts thru the rocks. 8^)
made it through tho. i would like to do some of the trails that we didn't get to this time. just have to make sure that we get on the roster for sas10
--r
i think the down side of stony was the worst part of the trail, especially for a newb. that is where the basketball sized chunks were. brutal. i kept thinking i was breaking stuff. you know, drag those u bolts thru the rocks. 8^)
made it through tho. i would like to do some of the trails that we didn't get to this time. just have to make sure that we get on the roster for sas10
--r
OlYellr
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I took more than I thought. Was totally depending on Erik/@Plains Cruiser to take the shots. I will post more of your Rig as I go though the ones I took.
Down was bad - especially for those not fully in low gear going down and had softer breaks. Kind of how I learn - "Stove it hot, don't touch." - touch, ouch.
I meant to catch up with you too! You have the hard top version of my soft top HZJ73. Like two ships in the night I guess
OlYellr
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Rus getting his rig dirty on Sidney Basin Tuesday...
another shot on top of Sidney...
another shot on top of Sidney...
FJBen
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I’m really trying to make it next year. I almost did this year.
Btw: you drove right on by me on the way back. Currently between Colorado and NE, mostly NE right now.
If you ever decide to roll western NE and visit Lake Mac, shoot a DM.
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well, shoot. next time we'll know to connect.
what about a meet up at halsey sometime? not anything hardcore really, some cool sandhills and easy trails in the national forest. i know there would be a couple people from here that would go.
--r
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getting back to this thread. There were many things done to my truck prior to going to SAS. I was so busy that I didn't make any real updates on what was happening. Then we were gone on another trip for a couple of weeks right after the summit. Time to catch up.
Six months to prepare suddenly turned in to six weeks. Lots of customer work had priority over the personal work. I was able to do some small things here and there. Nothing very significant for the most part.
I stared by removing the annoying security system. That was really just some snip snip and reconnect of wiring. I took the opportunity to begin removing a birds nest of wiring behind the dash at the same time. Wasn't much, but it was a start. It allowed me to start thinking about what I wanted to do before the trip as far as wiring was going to go.
Cat is always watching.
--r
Six months to prepare suddenly turned in to six weeks. Lots of customer work had priority over the personal work. I was able to do some small things here and there. Nothing very significant for the most part.
I stared by removing the annoying security system. That was really just some snip snip and reconnect of wiring. I took the opportunity to begin removing a birds nest of wiring behind the dash at the same time. Wasn't much, but it was a start. It allowed me to start thinking about what I wanted to do before the trip as far as wiring was going to go.
Cat is always watching.
--r
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had to switch to something with a keyboard. here's some more.
back to the wiring. I wanted things to make sense. some of what was there could have been reused. buuuuut, then it's still sort of mystery. I got back into it about 6 weeks before the trip started. it almost wasn't enough time.
the goal: remove all the left overs from previous ownership. clean up the wiring and re use the switches installed above the radio. install 1 24/12 power converter to replace the 3 that were there to supply 12v to the interior systems. add a secondary 24v power distribution point under the hood to simplify the wiring for bumper lights and add a couple extra relayed circuits for future use. joked around with Bryan about "future proofing" the electrical that I was doing, which actually turned out to be useful in the immediate future. 8^)
I'm kind of a geek when it comes to vehicle wiring. this pretty much equated to simple things taking a lot more time than you think it will. which is ok.
I pulled everything behind the dash out that wasn't factory wiring. I pulled the extra wires out that were connected to the OEM power point on the air cleaner. took it all back to zero to build it all back up.
that is pretty much the repair from removing the security system. more coming.
--r
back to the wiring. I wanted things to make sense. some of what was there could have been reused. buuuuut, then it's still sort of mystery. I got back into it about 6 weeks before the trip started. it almost wasn't enough time.
the goal: remove all the left overs from previous ownership. clean up the wiring and re use the switches installed above the radio. install 1 24/12 power converter to replace the 3 that were there to supply 12v to the interior systems. add a secondary 24v power distribution point under the hood to simplify the wiring for bumper lights and add a couple extra relayed circuits for future use. joked around with Bryan about "future proofing" the electrical that I was doing, which actually turned out to be useful in the immediate future. 8^)
I'm kind of a geek when it comes to vehicle wiring. this pretty much equated to simple things taking a lot more time than you think it will. which is ok.
I pulled everything behind the dash out that wasn't factory wiring. I pulled the extra wires out that were connected to the OEM power point on the air cleaner. took it all back to zero to build it all back up.
that is pretty much the repair from removing the security system. more coming.
--r
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some more shots of the gobbledygook that I removed.
none of this stuff really matters, it's really just to illustrate what I was working with. it will be a strong contrast with how it finished up. 8^)
--r
none of this stuff really matters, it's really just to illustrate what I was working with. it will be a strong contrast with how it finished up. 8^)
--r
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lets start putting it all back together.
that's the old auxiliary switch wiring. only two of them were originally wired. the confusing part here is that whoever did this, put the load relays right there on the panel. so, the power came in to the cabin, to that white box with the fuses, fused the circuit to the switch, then the power fed the relay. the power came out of the relay, through another fuse, then back out through the firewall. so much time spent to do it so strangely. there is an easier way...
this is how I did it.
grounds to the lights, accessory power to the switch. then outputs from the switches under the hood to the accessory panel that I built.
aaaannnd, I actually don't have a photo of the panel all wrapped up. I'll grab one with the mud all over it later and add it in.
so far, I am using one of the relays to power the bumper lights. the other relay is a backup/future use piece, and I have a 3rd mounted for the same purposes.
I put a ground bus on the panel and pulled a nice clean ground from the battery side. had to run that all the way across the firewall, but it turned out ok.
I installed the OEM relay harness to power the headlights and mounted the fuses for that on the board as well. those are the square blue things to the right. the relays are mounted to the inner fender closer to the lights. instead of tapping the power for this harness from the battery post, I am taking it from the hot lug on the blue sea fuse panel. anyways, the wiring is a lot and I don't want to bore anyone to sleep with the details. I can, tho, if you really wanna know. 8^)
the bank of switches mounted to the printed radio surround. found a file online that someone had done. bought it, then a good friend of mine that is kind of a printing wizard made a few iterations and developed it into something very nice.
this one is the 3rd version I believe. it was still two pieces and a little less dense of an infill.
I have all of the test pieces. I thought I had taken some pics of them, but they aren't showing up anywhere. I'll grab some of those later.
that's all for now. I've got some info about the 24/12 mounting and wiring, more on the dash/radio, and a little more under the hood.
--r
that's the old auxiliary switch wiring. only two of them were originally wired. the confusing part here is that whoever did this, put the load relays right there on the panel. so, the power came in to the cabin, to that white box with the fuses, fused the circuit to the switch, then the power fed the relay. the power came out of the relay, through another fuse, then back out through the firewall. so much time spent to do it so strangely. there is an easier way...
this is how I did it.
grounds to the lights, accessory power to the switch. then outputs from the switches under the hood to the accessory panel that I built.
aaaannnd, I actually don't have a photo of the panel all wrapped up. I'll grab one with the mud all over it later and add it in.
so far, I am using one of the relays to power the bumper lights. the other relay is a backup/future use piece, and I have a 3rd mounted for the same purposes.
I put a ground bus on the panel and pulled a nice clean ground from the battery side. had to run that all the way across the firewall, but it turned out ok.
I installed the OEM relay harness to power the headlights and mounted the fuses for that on the board as well. those are the square blue things to the right. the relays are mounted to the inner fender closer to the lights. instead of tapping the power for this harness from the battery post, I am taking it from the hot lug on the blue sea fuse panel. anyways, the wiring is a lot and I don't want to bore anyone to sleep with the details. I can, tho, if you really wanna know. 8^)
the bank of switches mounted to the printed radio surround. found a file online that someone had done. bought it, then a good friend of mine that is kind of a printing wizard made a few iterations and developed it into something very nice.
this one is the 3rd version I believe. it was still two pieces and a little less dense of an infill.
I have all of the test pieces. I thought I had taken some pics of them, but they aren't showing up anywhere. I'll grab some of those later.
that's all for now. I've got some info about the 24/12 mounting and wiring, more on the dash/radio, and a little more under the hood.
--r
Nice work !
OlYellr
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I really enjoyed watching you use CAD for the brackets you made. Cardboard Aided Design.
And I really like how you take something overly complicated and make it elegant yet straightforward. I've learned a lot by "helping" while you make it look effortless.
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i don't know if my work has ever been called elegant. that's awesome to hear. 8^)
you've seen what goes on behind the simplicity. it takes at least twice as much effort to pare things down to the minimalist level that i prefer. i think the results are more than worth the work.
--r
you've seen what goes on behind the simplicity. it takes at least twice as much effort to pare things down to the minimalist level that i prefer. i think the results are more than worth the work.
--r
