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Old 12-18-2011, 05:40 PM
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Huge and heavy, I had to move one for the outlaws before.........well done Taino (looks warm down there)
 
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Old 12-18-2011, 05:45 PM
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-Greased the latches on all the doors
-Gave the leather seats the Lexol treatment
-Fixed the rear door lock and latch assembly (thread forthcoming)
 
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Old 12-18-2011, 07:18 PM
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Finally got around to adding the mag light mount.
 
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Gave the EX a bath and took her fishing. Man do EX's look good with a boat behind it.
 
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Old 12-18-2011, 07:38 PM
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I think the Mag light mount should be MANdatory...
 
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Old 12-18-2011, 08:49 PM
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95% done on the Inverter install

Added the hot lead today. Tomorrow I'll try to track down some fuse holders for 1/0 cable at the local audio shops.


Tomorrow I'll also fix the hack job the PO did on the ground leads.

Didn't need to crimp, used electrical solder, filled the cup up about 1/3rd of the way, then dipped the cable in and added the heat-shrink.


Couldn't find any rubber grommets the right size, had to make my own:

Staggered the holes to get the right angle and curve on the leads.

Need to find some rubber boots for the terminals:


Powers up anything I can throw at it. Need to do the big three next:




Now on to the big three and the rest of the sound system. I emailed Tousley for an estimate for the V code/block spring job...that will be the next fix.
 
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Old 12-18-2011, 09:00 PM
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Thats a nice inverter setup. What are you planning on powering with that monster!
 
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Old 12-18-2011, 09:03 PM
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Thats a nice inverter setup. What are you planning on powering with that monster!
I want to be able to power our compressors, spotlights, etc if the generator on our trailers dies out.
 
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Old 12-18-2011, 09:36 PM
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THIS FROM DONNA:
IMPORTANT: Whatever you do, DO NOT OPEN any emails that refer to IRS, Government, or DHL shipping confirmation #!!!! IT sends a virus that destroys/wipes out your hard drive!!! I opened the DHL email thinking that someone had sent us a pkg for xmas & that's all it took! Now my computer is at the shop & I'm hoping that it can be fixed w/o having to replace the actual hard drive. GRR!!!
Please feel free to crosspost, so they know what to watch out for as well.
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She sure swallowed it up real easy! That's a huge TV!
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Huge and heavy, I had to move one for the outlaws before.........well done Taino (looks warm down there)
Heavy, yes. And she swallowed it up really good too. But you should of seen the lawn when I pulled out of there. Their lawn was already soggy. All I could say was "oooops."
 
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Scraped the loose paint and rust from the hitch and did the waste oil mod...painted the whole hitch to rust proof it. I was amazed at how much "false" paint was hiding rust underneath it once I started scraping. Sure looks a lot nicer. Then I drove it to Menards, parked it with the hitch facing the sun and let it drip in their lot instead of my driveway.
 
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Old 12-19-2011, 12:10 AM
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did the waste oil mod...
??? "Waste Oil Mod?
 
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??? "Waste Oil Mod?
Undercoating..............
 
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Yesterday I took my X to a family Christmas get together and parked it between my two brother's "trucks" to make them look small One is a Suburban, the other a BMW X5, they couldn't get over how big my truck is
 
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Originally Posted by robert_l_ross
Added the hot lead today. Tomorrow I'll try to track down some fuse holders for 1/0 cable at the local audio shops.


Tomorrow I'll also fix the hack job the PO did on the ground leads.

Didn't need to crimp, used electrical solder, filled the cup up about 1/3rd of the way, then dipped the cable in and added the heat-shrink.


Couldn't find any rubber grommets the right size, had to make my own:

Staggered the holes to get the right angle and curve on the leads.

Need to find some rubber boots for the terminals:


Powers up anything I can throw at it. Need to do the big three next:




Now on to the big three and the rest of the sound system. I emailed Tousley for an estimate for the V code/block spring job...that will be the next fix.

Did you put a circuit breaker or fuse in there close to the battery? I'd be a little leary of the welding cable doing some welding if it happens to wear through someplace on the chassis on the way to the cabin.
 


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