Recent content by smithytailor

I tried switching out my jumper coax and I'm still getting the same readings. While I was switching it out I also made sure all of the coax was running without tight bends and tested it with the components pulled slightly out from the dash. No change there either.

Bad location and/or bad coax jumper? I agree that the location is bad which is sad because the setup appeals to me for some reason. I've tried poking/prodding both coax cables with everything in the final location and don't really get any swr movement. My guess is the coax jumper isn't shielded...

Hmm. So far I've tried two different ground locations and two different "extra coax" bundling methods. Right now the ground should be really good. I've run the extra coax in a big loop around the passenger side cabin area and I've also bundled the extra in a ~1 foot, long, thin loop that's zip...

Yeah, the only reason I didn't mention the antenna setup is because I was able to get a good swr by changing the cb location. It's a 4 foot Firefly on top of a firestik spring and a coax termination mount. The mount is hooked to my bumper. The ground is good and the antenna center isn't being...

With my current setup placement I'm getting ~2 SWR on channel 20 and ~2.5 for channels 1 and 40. I pulled the cb out and removed the audio headunit (audio troubles which turned out to be a speaker.......), placed the cb on the dash and was getting a SWR of under 1.5 for channels 1 and 40. My...

*I just bought a 98 LC and have only been researching vehicle related topics for several months (I'm a computer/electronics guy)* If you are looking for reliability then you want maintenance. The vehicle should last forever with the correct maintenance. Maybe the diff lock on the 99 would be...