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[duece71]

Exactly my problem with them!

That and the turn signals are obnoxiously bright, because they can't be dimmed.

I feel your pain……NO rheostat for adjustment dim or bright in my truck. Didn’t come with one.

 

[NeverFinis]

I figured out why my low fuel light was always on...LED.

I switched most of my cluster lights to LED a while back, but if you switch the Low Fuel Light, it might be always dimly lit. Switching back to an incandescent bulb fixes it. One probably needs to add an inline resistor to use an LED in that spot but just easier to go back to an incandescent bulb Credit

Worked on my factory lockers...

I tested both front and rear lockers and they do lock but the rear locker light will continue to blink despite being locked.

Discovered heat damage on the rear locker harness. The vent tube melted and I need to test the harness.

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The slee rear locker guard is a pain in the ass when you are trying to test the rear locker...just saying..

Found the issue with the rear locker light not going solid, despite being locked.

As shown above, I did have burn damage from the exhaust, but the issue wasn't there. It was a few inches higher and it was the only wire in the area damaged.

I believe this sub harness is NLA.

I prefer crimping over soldering.

The rear locker light now switches to solid once the diff is locked.

I think this is the last big issue that needed fixing.

Next: Wiring the winch, and installing the 270° Awning.

 

[NeverFinis]

I finally installed the 270° Ostrich Awning on a Penthouse XL RTT. I had it for a few years but it was a low priority behind the LS Swap and mechanical restoration. Posting this full of pics here because I couldn't find any detailed installation pictures online. Just marketing videos. Hopefully it helps the next person.

I almost installed it before the recent road trip, but the directions had issues. The directions wanted the rear awning bracket in the same space as the RTT rain fly hook.

The holes for the awning on the rear bracket needed to be in fixed location relative to the end of the RTT as the awning wraps around the RTT. Rear of RTT = back of vehicle. Front of RTT= front of vehicle.

After returning from the trip, I sent a text to Theo at Rugged Bound and he promptly replied with a solution. The front and rear awning brackets needed to swap.

Front bracket repositioned to the rear, approx 95mm to the left of the original 140mm mark from the corner.

Rear bracket repositioned to the front, with holes drilled 100 mm from the corner.

The directions were again a bit odd. There is a "Z" bracket to support the pivot of the awning, and another bracket to reposition the rod mounts for the rain fly.

The directions showed two 8mm bolts, rather than one 12mm and one 8mm bolt, see the bottom of the picture below.

The directions also wanted the two 8mm to be angled the other way (the top bolt should be up and to the left of the bottom bolt, rather than up/right), but there wasn't enough "meat" in the "Z" bracket to do that with the 12mm and 8mm bolts. "Z" bracket did have some movement range, but in the wrong direction to make it work.

Final result. The awning works beautifully.

 

[NeverFinis]

I gave the frame an internal wash today, using a pressure washer and a sewer attachment.

The sewer nozzle has holes that point backwards, allowing debri to be pushed out as you pull the hose backwards.

I was able to insert the hose all the way to the rear bumper on each frame rail.

The frame was accessible because I had the front bumper off to mount the winch Solenoids.