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Seals arrived Wednesday, ended up not getting around to installing them until today. No leaks now! But of course I forgot to put the side gear back in, and then when I took it back apart to get that in I realized I might have put the bonded seal in backwards. So now I am waiting on ARB to reply...

When I went to the rear and jacked it up to test the rear locker, to my dismay it would not engage. Granted, it has been a year and a half since the locker was installed so I thought maybe it was just a little stuck or something. To spare you all the gory details, I'll summarize. I checked the...

This now brings me to the last couple weeks. I finally had some time off of work and since I got a good sized bonus this years (surprisingly) I was able to afford to finally get new tires for the H3. I've been running the same set of 33" Duratracs since my first H3 clear back in 2014. 6 years on...

In between the end of October when I had to recall the issue with the body harness connector and the blower fan and the end of November when I actually fixed it finally, I ended up buying a 16' 6k lbs car hauler trailer to use for, well, anything really. I needed a trailer to be able to...

Skipping over the rest of spring, all of summer, and into fall (which all of that was spent working too many hours at my job, fixing up a ton of stuff around the new property and house such as sprinklers, windows, etc, also getting a 1/4 acre garden planted and tended to, more work, some...

Well, it has been a while since I updated this. Life has been keeping me pretty busy this year between my job and the new house/property. All these people claiming to have tons of free time due to COVID seem a bit farfetched, I've never been busier. Let's see, where was I? Oh yes, I had...

And here is the latest repair I discovered I need to do. While messing around with the A pillar trim and snorkel bracket, I noticed my roof channel trim was looking in bad shape so I decided to take it off and see what was up. When I did that I discovered that the weld seam was covered with some...

I also finished up routing the wiring and installing the air system for the ARB compressor. I still need to run the air lines and hook the compressor wiring up to my SwitchPros. I added a 125 psi safety pop off valve to the compressor, just in case the pressure switch fails closed and the...

And that brings us to today. I am going to be getting some new tires since my 5+ year old Duratracs are getting a bit thin in the tread. I have an extra set of 4 factory wheels I picked up a while ago, and am planning on getting the new tires mounted on those and leaving the Duratracs on the...

I also finally started working on getting the air lockers working. I have the ARB twin compressor that I am eventually going to hard mount, but after looking into it I realized that in order to safely use that with the air lockers I need to run a pressure regulator as the lockers shouldn't...

After waiting far too long for the radiator bushings that turned out to be on indefinite back order, I gave up and went ahead and used the old ones (the new radiator did not come with any unfortunately). Got the AC condenser fins blown out as best as I could and installed the new radiator, along...

When I removed the old radiator I noticed the rubber bushings for the lower radiator mounts were starting to dry rot, so I tried ordering some new ones and worked on the next issue that I had noticed. Previously there was a custom dual battery system in the truck with a fabricated tray. I went...

Next up was replacing the 90 degree hoses to the heater. The old ones I had already cut down once before when rebuilding the engine to get a new sealing surface, so this time I went ahead and replaced them with new. Since the original hoses were crimped with aluminum ferrules to the aluminum...

It's been a good thing that after buying my wife a new car we have her old one for me to use. The H3 is still sitting in my garage, and I keep finding more things to fix on it rather than getting the mods done I actually wanted to, aside from the ARB air lockers. First up is this issue I had...

Android 10, Note 10+ Noticed when browsing the forums that the subforums (like under Overland Bound by Region) are listed in line with the master forum. And for OB by Region which has subforums under its subforums all of them are listed on the same page which makes for a very messy view of the...

I'm going and picked up the experience package. Went last year and really enjoyed it but wished I had gotten the experience package. The free classes were great, but I can really use some more formal training. I also picked up a reserved spot. I had fun last time with the neighbors I had, but...

Keep forgetting to share this. When I went to the shop to pick up the front diff from being re-geared and the ARB installed, the guy asked me if I had any noises from the front diff. I told him no and asked him why. He brought me over to the bench and showed me this: That is one of the outer...

Weighed the Alpha again, this time without the Thor Gen2 bumper and 12k Badlands winch so that I could get some good comparisons. W/ Thor bumper/winch, full tank of gas, no cargo/passengers Front: 2,800 lbs Rear: 2,520 lbs Total: 5,320 lbs W/O Thor bumper/winch, full tank of gas, no...

I guess I am not quite done completely refurbishing this truck. The axles I put in have been replaced, again. I had one OEM and one Cardone or something. The OEM was one of the ones I bought only a year or two ago but the outer CV boot clamp had been popped off during last year's Moab trip. I...

Antennas can be a whole topic on it's own, but yes, the above will work just fine for overlanding or any other general travel. Diamond makes good antennas from my understanding, and the hood is probably the best place on a Jeep for the antenna since you want as large a metal surface area as...