What Did You Do With Your Rig Today?

[Kent R]

how the heck did you fit that in...photos?

Genesis duel battery, only way to go mainly because it eliminates the aux battery from the factor that causes so much trouble. It is way easier than it looks to do this only about 2-3 hrs of time.
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Gladiator JT

 

[Sea Diamond]

Genesis duel battery, only way to go mainly because it eliminates the aux battery from the factor that causes so much trouble. It is way easier than it looks to do this only about 2-3 hrs of time.
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Gladiator JT

Nice job Kent...obviously you're a professional. I'm opting for a battery switch...had to yank the battery out and hook it up to my solar charge controller more than once ;)

 

[SJ.Overland]

how the heck did you fit that in...photos?

Genesis duel battery, only way to go mainly because it eliminates the aux battery from the factor that causes so much trouble. It is way easier than it looks to do this only about 2-3 hrs of time.
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Gladiator JT

Love my genesis

 

[cody92595]

Added skid plates

 

[El-Dracho]

Genesis duel battery, only way to go mainly because it eliminates the aux battery from the factor that causes so much trouble. It is way easier than it looks to do this only about 2-3 hrs of time.
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Gladiator JT

I think this is a super good upgrade for the Jeep. Because I have heared from so many that they have trouble with the weird aux battery construction that is installed there originally.

 

[Downs]

31s swapped for 235s
Frame welded redneck bumper/winch plate cut off and tossed
2 inch body lift deleted.
Radiator drop kit deleted.
Wanted to make more progress but one of the body mount bolts fought me and I had to cut an access for one of the square nuts under the passenger seat.
Also picked up a bunch of parts today.

 

[DaleRF]

31s swapped for 235s
Frame welded redneck bumper/winch plate cut off and tossed
2 inch body lift deleted.
Radiator drop kit deleted.
Wanted to make more progress but one of the body mount bolts fought me and I had to cut an access for one of the square nuts under the passenger seat.
Also picked up a bunch of parts today.

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Looks like a lot of work!

 

[Hazard]

Flip down shelf

 

[Downs]

Looks like a lot of work!

The CJ5 project was a lot more work. This should be in pretty good running shape pretty quick.

 

[DaleRF]

The CJ5 project was a lot more work. This should be in pretty good running shape pretty quick.

Nice! Good Luck!

 

[reaver]

Heading out in the morning for a little solo winter camping.

I've got the 100Ah Lifepo4 in the X right now, and I turned on the battery heater. Gonna find out how much battery it uses overnight.

It pulls. 3.5A when it's running, but also insulates the battery, and it's in a box, so I'm really curious to see how it does.

 

[reaver]

Heading out in the morning for a little solo winter camping.

I've got the 100Ah Lifepo4 in the X right now, and I turned on the battery heater. Gonna find out how much battery it uses overnight.

It pulls. 3.5A when it's running, but also insulates the battery, and it's in a box, so I'm really curious to see how it does.

Figured I'd provide an update on the battery heater.

It did much better than expected, and has been on since about 6pm last night.

 

[DaleRF]

Figured I'd provide an update on the battery heater.

It did much better than expected, and has been on since about 6pm last night.

WoW! 90% looks like it pulled nearly nothing! Nice!

 

[reaver]

WoW! 90% looks like it pulled nearly nothing! Nice!

Yeah, honestly, it works much better than expected. They make higher amperage heaters as well, but I don't think its necessary. I live in the Idaho high desert, and it gets COLD here in the winter. The heater doesn't seem to have any problems keeping up.

Now I need to add one to my 5 gallon water can.

 

[danwyandt]

Finally got the new tent picked up! My alucab setup is now more or less completed.

Maybe you will be able to sleep a little later now :)

 

[afirebug31]

Added a new fuel can holder to the rear tire carrier .

 

[Staticline40]

I had previously installed the 60 percent rear seat delete and it provided a great place to keep the fridge safe.





I finally got a around to installing a 40 percent delete and now have plenty of room for activities!

 

[reaver]

I had previously installed the 60 percent rear seat delete and it provided a great place to keep the fridge safe.

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I finally got a around to installing a 40 percent delete and now have plenty of room for activities!

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The only thing I'm jealous of with Jeep and Toyota owners is just how much stuff is available to you guys. I have to get pretty creative with my solutions (not that I mind that), but that is a very clean install.

 

[Downs]

Got the YJ restarted today. New battery cables, battery, serpentine belt, idler pulley bearing, plugs, wires, cap rotor, and valve cover gasket. Starts better but still idles rough.
Found a sizeable crack in the exhaust manifold, and fuel pressure is sitting at 20 psi. It should be 31 at idle, or 39 if you unhook the FPR. Unhooking the FPR made no difference. So will be ordering a new manifold this payday and troubleshooting the fuel pressure issue.
Theres also a constant rattle that MAY be the timing chain hitting the cover. Or the second idler pulley bearing, stethoscope shows the noise in both areas but they're really close together. Ive got a spare idler pulley bearing so Ill try that first before replacing the timing chain.

 

[DaleRF]

Got the YJ restarted today. New battery cables, battery, serpentine belt, idler pulley bearing, plugs, wires, cap rotor, and valve cover gasket. Starts better but still idles rough.
Found a sizeable crack in the exhaust manifold, and fuel pressure is sitting at 20 psi. It should be 31 at idle, or 39 if you unhook the FPR. Unhooking the FPR made no difference. So will be ordering a new manifold this payday and troubleshooting the fuel pressure issue.
Theres also a constant rattle that MAY be the timing chain hitting the cover. Or the second idler pulley bearing, stethoscope shows the noise in both areas but they're really close together. Ive got a spare idler pulley bearing so Ill try that first before replacing the timing chain.

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Bummer either way. Hopefully it's the lesser of the evils...