I feel your pain……NO rheostat for adjustment dim or bright in my truck. Didn’t come with one.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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I made a thing...
I couldn't find exactly what I wanted, so I designed this.
It is a Roof Top Tent brackets to lower my Penthouse XL RTT about 1".
These bolt to the load bars and the RTT, making a very secure connection.
They are made out of 304 Stainless.
First time using SendCutSend as well. I am impressed.
Just finished designing a license plate bracket for the first gen DeltaVS rear bumper. This will be made out of aluminum and powder coated matt black. Cost? Cheaper than anything I could buy on Amazon and exactly what I wanted...this is a completely new world....
I couldn't find exactly what I wanted, so I designed this.
It is a Roof Top Tent brackets to lower my Penthouse XL RTT about 1".
These bolt to the load bars and the RTT, making a very secure connection.
They are made out of 304 Stainless.
First time using SendCutSend as well. I am impressed.
Just finished designing a license plate bracket for the first gen DeltaVS rear bumper. This will be made out of aluminum and powder coated matt black. Cost? Cheaper than anything I could buy on Amazon and exactly what I wanted...this is a completely new world....
That looks really clean and great craftsmanship. My cousin used sendcutsend as well for his Cummin truck’s bumper. I thought about designing my own bumper but won’t have time.
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That bumper looks clean! Your cousin did a great job.
I tried to hand making one RTT bracket, but it ended up looking like crap and I needed 6 of them... I am no hand fabricator.
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Evap Vent Solenoid
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NeverFinis
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Switched to a different evap vent solenoid (pigtail). The other one had an integrated dust filter on the output, which meant that gas vapors would have been released into the engine bay. Not horrendous, but it does mean you might smell gas if you walked by if the ECM was venting the gas tank. The new one allows running a hose into the frame rail, which is what Toyota does. Plus, it takes up less space in the engine bay.
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More custom designed parts.
This bracket slides into the RTT M8 channel, and bolts to the other RTT bracket I designed, as seen in post #225
Here are the two together:
What I was using to bolt the RTT to the load bars.
Above raises the RTT needlessly 1".
My custom RTT brackets drops the RTT down to sit on the load bars directly, distributing the RTT weight more evenly.
This bracket slides into the RTT M8 channel, and bolts to the other RTT bracket I designed, as seen in post #225
Here are the two together:
What I was using to bolt the RTT to the load bars.
Above raises the RTT needlessly 1".
My custom RTT brackets drops the RTT down to sit on the load bars directly, distributing the RTT weight more evenly.
