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The other way to fix it is to just replace the springs. Ours were sagging more than a little so I had them replaced with a factory spec spring. Compared to the labor to R&R the bushings they really weren't that much more. The shop that I had do the work (Ventura 4x4) wanted me to order the...

Thanks for this! I've been contemplating adding such a system to our camper. Did the external antenna mounting instructions mention anything about being away from other antennas?

Oh know, it's bleeding over....

That's a lot of air! ;)

It used to be that the pre-made -3AN SS hoses had a little tiny tube between the crimp ferrule and the backside of the nut. This made them rather fragile. I know that some mfg's have addressed this, but I don't know that all of them have. If you are going into remote enough, and rough enough...

Speaking as an Engineer I find that on the whole Engineers tend to get lost in the minutiae that no one else cares about. It's a very good way to make things tedious and I find that when it gets to that point that I no longer care either. Leave the minutiae alone until the discussion merits its...

I guess that I don't see a problem. Perfectly reasonable to say "the fridge consumes X.X amps per hour". It does imply that the fridge's power consumption is intermittent and the power that it consumes is being averaged over a period longer than just when it is running. It would be incorrect to...

Those new to the whole electrical/electronics of their campers may not know the proper units. Need to cut them some slack. FWIW, when I see "aH" I'm struggling to recall what unit size modifier starts with an "a", and why are we talking about Henrys anyway? :) I prefer "A-Hr" or "A-hr"

Neither our old Phoenix nor our current Hallmark have ever had bumpers like that. Maybe one or both had them new, but we never saw them.

Two of my rigs now have the power cradle. One is screwed to a bracket on the RAM mount for the tablet GPS and the other is as yet "full floating." They plug into (yet another) USB charging port. Is something like that offered for the Mini? I feel they're well worthwhile.

I've had copies of the WWII E tool and they were all very disappointing. I'm fairly sure that the cause of that disappointment is the word "copy". With that as my starting point I've been pretty impressed with the Glock tool. The first one that I bought cost $45, in 1988! It was a big leap of...

For a folding shovel I carry one made by Glock. It folds and the handle telescopes. Hidden in the handle is a limb saw, and I can vouch for it's effectiveness on fiberglass. Have yet to try it on wood. Mostly used for um, well. I'll call them 'midnight patrols' and leave it at that...

Well, dang. I remembered them as a 4" spring, not a 2.5" :( For custom springs I'd go right to Deaver (in my part of the world) or possibly Alcan (in your part). Both have excellent reps. https://deaverspring.com/gallery/ https://alcanspring.com/ ORD's linkage and coil front kit would be a...

Every time I see a black square body Burb with ambulance doors I wonder if it's the '91 that I sold to a guy from Vegas. 1/2t truck with 3/4t axles under it. Rear was a 14bff with 3.73's and a Detroit. I've probably mentioned them before, but I had a set of Rancho 4" front springs under both...

Because I used 80A breakers I used an SB120. There's ample anecdotal evidence that the SB connectors can regularly handle more current than they're rated for1,2, but I didn't want to go there intentionally. 1One example is that Warn uses the SB350's for some of their portable winch connections...

I bolted one half of the connector to the bed wall, and have the other half on some 6 ga. flying leads out of the camper.

OH! I assumed that those trucks were like their 2wd cousins and the second+ gen CTD's with a drag link that crosses the chassis CL. There may not be such a kit made given the drag link being parallel to the chassis CL. The issue is that even though you haven't increased the center to center...

Some truck stops have private scales and I've found those to be more agreeable in dealing with non OTR trucks. A footnote, Craig, that 2" drop pitman arm is going to work the lower bushing in the steering box a bit harder. If they are offered for your truck I'd look into the bolt-on support...

'96 CTD 2500, with the then 6.5' Phoenix in it sat level and the overloads were not in contact. Took a pretty good bump to make them make contact. I ran that combo on Load Range D tires for ~50k miles of dirt and pavement. In more than a couple ways I wish that I had that combo still. The...

If you have an older camper with a "Converter/charger" you'll want to disable it when moving to a smart charger. IMO you'll want to disable it regardless of how you plan to charge the camper battery(ies) as they are not good chargers. The unit in our first camper would boil it's 2GC's. I don't...

Back when people cared about not needing a taxi to get to the curb. I vividly recall well before I could drive someone in my family commenting "Nah! We can walk from here!"

The delay in charging the camper battery is not exclusive to a DC-DC charger. Other charging connection options also have this feature. It has been mentioned here before, but since it doesn't affect me I have not retained when Toyota moved to the so-called "smart alternator". I would suspect...

I've never bothered to total it up, but I've long wondered how much average "Overhead" is built into a stock charging system. While I do think that DC-DC chargers are a good option, if the stock alternator does have the capacity to run it then it won't make much difference. One thing that you...

There's a direct relationship between longevity at some specific amperage and the case size of the alternator. Increase the output, decrease the life-span. This is the reason that the monster output alternators used in ambulances etc. are so huge. I would look to see if there is a higher output...

I've been using Gaia for planning off-pavement traveling and I find that it works very well for this. The big key thing is that it doesn't do this in the application. You have to do all of your creating online, and then sync whatever device you're using in the field. I was initially attracted...