Recent content by Skratch

I use the same third brake light on my Burbs, I tied the light in off the actual brake light switch at the pedal. The light comes on with the brakes and not one of the turn signals that way. Unfortunately the way GM set up the hazard lights, it will blink when those are turned on, without...

Having done this on a few vehicles I concur with the previous response. If they are forward facing up high they should be pencil beams, down below the headlights you can get away with euro beams or fogs as they won't blind you with additional reflection off the hood. I tried a set of Hella...

My 90 w/ 454, turbo 400 and 3.73's gets 10mpg at highway no matter the speed. My 87 w/ 350, 700R4, 4.10's 4" and 35's gets about 8mpg avg. Both are full Silverados, 3 rows of seats, front and rear AC, cruise . . . both have 35 gallon tanks . . . If you can squeeze close to 10 mpg out of it...

I can see that being an issue depending on how and where they are mounted . . . in my case they were mounted in the stock driving light location inside my bumper and the airflow around them keeps them clear unless it is a very heavy wet snow . . . in which case even the 150w Hella lamps can't...

Two 2.5# units in my wifes Burb. One under the driver seat, one in the back cargo compartment. Same in my Burb except the front one is mounted on the center console, and then I have a 10# in the back as well in the spare tire well. One in the van mounted on the back passenger wall next to the...

Obviously you haven't ever driven the "ice roads" I spent a few years doing hard core desert driving, not quite racing, but the desert has nothing at all on running on ice covered roads when it's 40 below. I can tell you the HID's on my friends Prevost didn't work half the time in that...

Just my two cents, HID is fine for cars on the road but vehicles that see extreme conditions need better lighting that can take the abuse of weather and vibration. LED's take the extremes of weather and vibration much better than any other light on the market today. And dollar for dollar, an...

I know Lightforce makes some good stuff, but . . . I run Hella and only Hella on my trucks, I have 550 drivers, 4000 Euros and it takes my buddy's four LF170's to put out as much light on the road as my two Hella 4000's with 100w bulbs. It's a personal preference, but I like metal housings and...

Neutral is better, on a military Hummer it is due to the piss poor cooling system they have . . . being in park the torque converter input is spinning and the output is stationary due to the gears being "locked" in park. This generates a lot of heat in the fluid that the system is not really...

I'm by no means an expert or even very knowledgeable about fridges in vehicles other than my own experience. And I have the Coleman right now in my rig, it works ok . . . not very cold . . . at least not cold enough to keep perishable items for more than a day or two at most and even then it has...

Just an idea, but my buddy has PVC tubes attached to his roll cage that he keeps spare axle shafts in. It keeps them clean and very easy to access when he needs them. He even built a custom tube to hold a spare driveshaft. It's a small diameter tube with large diameter ends on it to accommodate...

It's basically what we do on heavy trucks . . . my freightliner is set up like that and it takes more of a beating than my off road rig does. As long as the box is mounted properly and you keep an eye on it regularly to make sure it's not in danger of becoming separated, it's a great place to...

Wow I have a lot to look forward to here in the next few weeks. I'll be doing a lot of the same route on my way up to Anchorage, the Alcan Highway at least. I wish I had the time and funds to install a better radio, for now I'll just have to suffice with my CB and Cell. I know all about the...