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You want a jump pack that can still start the engine when IT is at a lower state of charge. Unless you go all foolish I don't think that you can buy too much Li-On capacity in a jump starter. I don't want mine to be on a constant charge, but I do want to keep them topped off. To that end I've...

I use "Push to Connect" fittings from McMaster-Carr. Some call them "Poke-n-Hope" fittings. There are less expensive mfg's of these fittings on places like amazon, but those that I've tried all leaked. If slow leaks would bother you buy the air brake version of the fittings as they have a sleeve...

With the avatar dune buggy weight was precious. Every ounce counted. My tool selection process was to put an empty tool box in the buggy. Every time that I worked on it, and I did 100% of it's work, I used the tools in the tool box. When the box didn't have the tool needed it got added. It took...

Aw, dang! I discovered her with Other Voices, Other Rooms by pure accident and felt blessed to have done so. RIP

57Pan, I am curious what size charge and ground wire was used for the Blue Sea System part's install.

Fuses are OK, but I prefer the 285 series breakers because I can turn them on and off at will. These for between the batteries. https://www.delcity.net/store/EATON-Manual-Reset-(Switchable),-Surface-Mount/p_823674.h_821984 Then I'd put in a fuse panel leaving some room for expansion...

80/20 is anodized if natural aluminum or black in color. Other colors are rumored to be powder-coating. Unless you put the plate nuts in with the collar up (into the slot) they probably won't pierce the anodizing and be electrically conductive. If you did put them in with the collar in the slot...

My old bed shell had false gutters from Thule or Yakima bolted to it. I made some clips that attached to those and used a manual HF game hoist to lift it into the rafters in my old shop. I screwed a small deck cleat to one of the studs to tie-off to. That was almost exactly 20 years ago. Today...

Or you think that $30 for a t-shirt that advertises the t-shirt brand is a bit ridiculous. I'll wear their shirt when they pay me the $30 to wear it. Until then I'll continue wearing all of my high school vintage t-shirts. oops, this is the geezer thread, not the curmudgeon thread......

When I built that system in our truck years ago I chose 6ga. conductors and chose 80A breakers. The alt is capable of 120A according to the mfg. I deliberately left some alt capacity to run the truck. Batteries have an internal resistance, they limit their charge rate automagically. Just...

I used Ancor's paired cables, "Marine Romex" as it were, no issues with it either. I haven't seen it happen to the point of badly degrading the wires or cable(s), but I have seen split loom build up silt etc inside of it to the point that the whole loom was rigid. This is my concern with any...

I have no direct experience with them, so take this fwiw, but my understanding of DC-DC chargers is that they only work in one direction.

From what I have seen most of the exhaust brake kits either come with the up-rated exhaust valve springs or strongly recommend their installation.

My Engineering perspective: If it is leaking it was designed in England. Or Milwaukee, WI. Due to language I'm linking this flowchart, one that I've personally found to be true all too often: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-WjZv8dW/0/df33cff4/O/i-WjZv8dW.jpg

Knots are a very useful thing to know. Which knot to use where has become one of my side interests. For instance, need a loop on the end of a laid rope; I use a bowline. Need a loop on the end of a kern-mantle rope; I use a figure eight on a bight. There are many books on knots out there. You...

I learned with our '96 CTD auto (mp tow/haul mode option) that turning off the OD changes the trans programming. With the OD on lock-up only happens in OD. With it turned off lock-up happens as low as second gear. However, with Mopar trans you want to be especially careful in down-shifting. We...

The "Exploder" Rear Disc Brake conversion is a popular one. Places like Moser Engineering still have the kits. I'm about to put one of their kits on a Dana 60 going under my FSB. I'm mostly doing that swap to get the full float rear hubs and the larger front brakes. In the past Ford axle...

Years ago on a desert racing forum the guy who owns shockseals.com and I decided to refer to shocks/dampers as "damperends" because no one on that forum could ever get it right. I too, have never used any sort of vibration isolator on the solar panel(s). Maybe I should have, but we've yet to...

The leaf springs that will ride at the same attitude with or without the camper in place are not springs that you'd want under the truck at all. Think about just how stiff their spring rate would have to be for a ~3600 lbs camper to not sag them very far. This is how trailer springs are made...

Before other options were commonly available they were the go-to for higher power polarized connectors for 10 ga. & smaller wires. Since I would be making any such extension the polarization would be maintained.

The connector Zamp uses is an SAE documented design, not a proprietary one. They just reverse the polarity for reasons known only to them. Too bad they collected Front Runner, am betting that they won't be semi-local much longer.

I have been told by a reliable source that technically CA requires flatbed trucks of any GVW to stop at the truck scales. Reportedly even a utility bed with commercial plates is supposed to stop. In practicality it doesn't appear to be enforced unless that are other things going on at the same...

If no one else is, I'm interested in your all wood camper. I seem to recall that you have a build thread here. I'll have to find it.

I've always assumed that there was a small electronics board in the CHMSL that operated the light based on brake light inputs. In later trucks it's probably an output function of a CAN-BUS module. I've never really thought about it, could possibly use some relay logic to get it working right...

I added a pair of 80mm box fans on t-stats to our first camper when it had a 3 way fridge in it. I placed them inside directly behind the top vent blowing air out. They helped, but my ice cream still melted. :( I powered them off the fridge itself, so any time the fridge was on they were on. I...