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That's the thing. A rear bumper doesn't have to be a big monstrosity with swing-outs and side wings. I run a low profile All-Pro rear. With the integrated receiver I added about 30 lbs over the factory bumper (which was pretty thin) and factory hitch (which was pretty heavy, in fairness) but...

It's a trade-off between utility and weight with body armor like this. Sticking with stock bumpers is fine, waiting until you see if you actually push the limits far enough to damage them. The downside to this is of course you may find the limits to the point you damage the body. That's...

D-subs are often used on spacecraft and military applications. Obviously those are flight rated in quality and materials but the civilian and consumer configuration is basically the same mechanically. The D-sub itself was actually developed for aerospace and military use by ITT/Cannon in the...

Powdercoat is durable stuff but is a distinct surface unto itself and does not bond to the base metal like paint or linseed oil or lanolin (e.g. Fluid Film). The upside to powdercoat is it's tough but if there's any voids in the original coat or chips or scrapes exposing the metal then water...

You do have to knock the rust down so it's stable and not flaking. AFAIK no need to get completely clean metal, though. Certainly needs a top coat if exposed to sunlight.

I'm of the same mind regarding anything that cures or hardens. Never had a new car to start from truly fresh but with the used trucks my approach has been to spend the first summer cleaning and repairing whatever rust I find. Follow this with an Eastwood internal coat inside the boxed section...

It certainly is a balanced trade-off between convenience and performance. Most things radio are, though. The ideal antenna, ideal placement, ideal feedline, etc. are usually not ideal for day-to-day use. One typical example is drilling a hole in the middle of your roof is best for efficiency...

That's actually easier since they are usually double crimps or at least the outer braid is but the center pin soldering is just quick touch. The downside is you have to get the right dies but OTOH you're not trying to properly solder the braid on a RG-58 or larger without melting the...

There's any number of videos and tutorials you can watch. Search for things like terminating coax, crimping or soldering connectors, etc. Pretty sure they just using RG-58 coax and PL259 connectors, nothing fancy. If you do try, get a few connectors to practice. PL259 isn't the most friendly...

If your antenna whip and mount are done correctly there is no magic coax length. If changing the length of your coax is making a significant impact to SWR then it has become part of the antenna, which you need to avoid. The most likely reason why is your antenna isn't finding it's ground and...

This is fundamental knowledge that any engineer who's worked on cable harnesses would know. The mechanical stress is interesting. Wasn't aware there's a minimum pigtail length for Andersen connectors. The SB50/PP75 datasheet does caveat about mechanical stress (perhaps it was put in as the...

You don't say which series or wire size so I assume the PP75 in a two-way configuration, e.g. a battery positive and negative, as multipole. At 30 amps the PP75 multipole will experience between 10°C and 40°C temperature rise over ambient depending on wire size. So if it's normal room...

Relatively. Not necessarily unobtanium collector status yet but it took me a few months to find a decent stick shift Tacoma back in 2015 when I was shopping. People who get stick shift FJC and Tacoma usually intended to get a stick shift so they hang on to them and only sell when they're worn...

That FJ Cruiser looks alright. It's the more rare 6 speed manual, which means it's also full time 4WD (no 2WD on the transfer case). Looks like the seats have been reupholstered to my eye, which might mean the driver's seat had the famous sliding over the edge wear you see in high mileage...

A 40-series pickup with a gasoline engine would be a FJ45 but they could have a diesel engine, too. That would likely be a 3B, making one of those a BJ45. His grill doesn't have the "diesel" badge on it so a 2F is likely but cosmetic things get overlooked or swapped for whatever reason. The...

Assuming it's a literal schematic looks to me what they're trying to do is when the winch is energized, presumably when you activate it powered through the starting battery, the control relay pulls in the heavy solenoid to parallel the batteries. This or the push button manually completes the...

Regards to the REDARC wiring diagram the relay is an "auto" sense so to speak to link both batteries when the winch is powered. You could use just a switch, which they show as presumably a manual override for jump starting or otherwise. I don't see any advantage to it happening automatically...

Come on people, the local branch manager is out there trying to sell it. If it helps an interested party I'd happily offer my stock Toyota Super White bed in partial trade for the flat bed. No question. Heck I'd outright buy the flat bed if someone just wanted a nice Tacoma. GLWS

A DC-DC or battery-battery charger will only run in one direction and the current limit is charging levels not winching or jump starting levels. There's various options but there's no reason one would have to be on only when the engine is running. However most of them do sense based on...

That's right, sorry to use undefined terms. The acronym SEND is the term for an RTCM standard these devices mostly adhere to, which was forked from the PLB standard. RTCM is Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services: https://www.rtcm.org/ PLB is Personal Locator Beacon used with the...