What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (15 Viewers)

[RFB]

Ok lets pretend it was a long weekend got back from a 30 day roadtrip almost 45days ago excactly in this time I
Installed new king bumpstops up front got from another mud member
removed and totaly resotred ironpig skid plate and replaced for now with Hudd expo unit
painted ALL armor on truck which is extensive used either Steelit or eastwood co 2K paint
removed rack RTT and KC 50in lightbar
pulled national luna dual battery setup and ONE of my two Odyssey extremes the 88lb 100AH one.
removed rear drawer unit I built 2 years ago.
pulled entire interior to clean everything
removed ABS and LSPV completely.
Built a new rack out of very familiar looking but not exactly pieces
Installed a reLIon Low Temp (can be charged even when cold using low heat element) 100AH lithium battery in newREAR drawer unti I built lighter bigger and rapotr lined with locking slides.
installed new blue sea guages USB 12volt outley in shifter console
installed additional fuse block(blue sea) in rea of truck to accompany bussman fuse/relay block I already installed last year up front.
installed new 4x4labs swing out pistons finally
installed Delta panhard bracket.
installed victron 712 bluetooth to monitor litihum
and thats pretty much it
OH YEA, bought a warn 12vrs last year never really use it, BUT always pulled line clean dry it as I live in northeast, noticed the drum was rusted to shiite, and the screw holding synthetic rope setscrew was rusted solid,SO I drilled , retapped painted and installed it again, ONLY to have it somehow arc out and kill hencho en china motor(requiring me to buy another motor for 289.00 and installed it AGAIN again.


Jailbreak Overlander on Instagram: “Wiring is finally done ended up adding another fuse block in the rear might as well while I’m wiring threw in a battery kill switch and…”
I ordered a new RED WINCH and expect it to perform better as they are built for real.
oh yea the alu cab up top, not sure it will remain at all. hard to tell.
and I think thats it, now Im rolling west in the AM for a month or so

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oh yea after a certian pin up girls(long story) pitbull tried his damnest to push his block head through my rear window he managed to shatter ONE of my JDM window visors so I tried malaysia and finally russia and got a decent set OT JDM at all but decent.

 

[surfpig]

Drove it to a few different trail heads in search of wildflowers to make a mother's day bouquet.
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I had to buy mine...

 

[surfpig]

Installed new horns. Deoxidized the battery terminals. Topped up the primary a bit... some other stuff.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

had to buy mine...

Yours look nicer than mine. I shouldn't even admit I picked wild flowers on the internet, I am just asking for someone to tell me how bad for the environment it is, lol even on a forum for off-road gas guzzling suv's.

 

[Dork]

Yours look nicer than mine. I shouldn't even admit I picked wild flowers on the internet, I am just asking for someone to tell me how bad for the environment it is, lol even on a forum for off-road gas guzzling suv's.

I wasn't going to care, but then I realized you were doubling down on the earth-hate by DRIVING your gas guzzler to pick wild flowers. Now I think you are utterly irredeemable.

 

[RFB]

Fitted one of these @Delta VS things and a couple of adjustable upper arms. Threw some paint at the axle to tidy up some surface patina.

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paint up that big bolt delta gives you as it will rust quickly.

 

[zona]

One dump run turned into two. Found an opportunity to teach my boys to take care of other people's mess.

We came across this trash, on the way to the transfer station. View attachment 1975300

Dropped our trash, and went back to clean it up. No charge even.
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I heard there was a 'yard sale', and the leftovers were just, left.

I showed my oldest daughter (6) this thread of yours and she smiled because you cleaned it up. She was so proud, even though we don't know you. Thank you, we don't get nearly as much as you did on this one haul but we pick up trash every time we wheel.

Zona

 

[surfpig]

Installed new horns. Deoxidized the battery terminals. Topped up the primary a bit... some other stuff.
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Chemistry question:

Battery #1 has the usual bluish copper oxide type flash/crystals on the + terminal. Battery #2 has similar salts/ crystals but they’re orange.

#1 has the OEM metal hold down bracket.

#2 has a home made aluminum bracket.

Both must have some surface bleed across the battery due to salts and such from normal driving.

Why is one blue and why is one orange?

what are the equations?

 

[malteserunner]

I showed my oldest daughter (6) this thread of yours and she smiled because you cleaned it up. She was so proud, even though we don't know you. Thank you, we don't get nearly as much as you did on this one haul but we pick up trash every time we wheel.

Zona

Every bit helps. Keep up the good work!

 

[ewillis]

Chemistry question:

Battery #1 has the usual bluish copper oxide type flash/crystals on the + terminal. Battery #2 has similar salts/ crystals but they’re orange.

#1 has the OEM metal bracket.

#2 has a home made aluminum bracket.

Both must have some surface bleed across the battery due to salts and such from normal driving.

Why is one blue and why is one orange?

what are the equations?

CuSO4 + Al------) Al2(SO4)3 + Cu.

 

[surfpig]

I showed my oldest daughter (6) this thread of yours and she smiled because you cleaned it up. She was so proud, even though we don't know you. Thank you, we don't get nearly as much as you did on this one haul but we pick up trash every time we wheel.

Zona

We had a bad one last year. One of my favorite camping spots. We hauled out so much trash.

 

[surfpig]

CuSO4 + Al------) Al2(SO4)3 + Cu.

That salt is orange then?

 

[leonard_nemoy]

That salt is orange then?

My guess is the color difference is due to one battery being closer to the overflow tank/coolant steam. Chemically I can't explain

 

[Szyd]

Did a full coolant flush only to discover that I have a blown head gasket. Fun Sunday.

 

[surfpig]

Did a full coolant flush only to discover that I have a blown head gasket. Fun Sunday.

 

[Szyd]

I've got a growler full of a 14% triple IPA to get through the pain.

 

[leonard_nemoy]

Did a full coolant flush only to discover that I have a blown head gasket. Fun Sunday.

I am sorry for your loss

 

[Szyd]

I am sorry for your loss

She isn't dead yet!

 

[TexasJack]

My head gasket went at about 220K. Replaced it along with a few other things like the wiring harness and I am now at 280K, still going strong. These cruisers were built to last.

 

[SUMMIT CRUISERS Jr]

Pretty productive weekend for my cruiser. I’m moving to Kansas City for the summer here in just under two weeks and I’m addressing some issues/things that have bugged me on the cruiser.

First off, I found that the air hose near the bottom of my air bag had been linked slightly and started leaking. Fixed that. Then moved onto redoing my Harrop locker wiring plug. The prongs have pulled out twice now, but I’m sure it’s good now.

I recently won a set of Blackhawk HD lower control arms and adjustable upper control arms. Thanks again to Kevin at EHO for putting on that giveaway. I’ve wanted to build a set of adjustables for quite awhile but haven’t had the time and having some stronger lower arms is nice piece of mind after slamming my stock ones into some ledges out in Moab. I’ve had a vibration that occurs at a higher frequency and definitely feels driveline related. It was still present after new tires and removing the front driveshaft. I’ve got the pinion angle adjusted and will be testing it out tomorrow. Fingers crossed the cruiser will be smooth as glass again.

I also finally swapped out the prehistoric double row light bar I’ve had on my roof rack for the past 5 years. I’ve been wanting a brighter, more spot patterned, and stealthy single row bar for quite some time. I stumbled across a couple companies in the US selling this style of bar for nearly $300. A quick search on Aliexpress, and I had one shipped to my house from China in 4 days for $114. I resealed the edges with silicon as it was lacking a little bit in places, and I did this with my previous bar and haven’t had a single issue with it so I figured why not.

Absolutely blows the performance of the old one away, and with how I have it mounted, I can easily aim this bar on the fly.


Now I’m just itching to build a new front bumper, swap back to a “Toyota” grille, patch the clear valence lights, and swap out the Lightforces for some Baja Designs, but that’s just me dreaming at this point.