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You might try replacing/upgrading the factory battery cables too. My buddy's '96 Ford was always slow to turn over, and hence really tough to start if it wasn't plugged in to warm up. Turns out time had taken a toll on the cables, resulting in higher than normal resistance, and low voltage to...

You are indeed getting into stability control. Centering the steering wheel may help, but it should learn zero anyway when you fire it up and begin driving. By chance have you had a dealer program your Jeep with the actual tire size you are running? If you're running larger than stock...

I still find it interesting that you have a long door (370) Trailblazer. And you take it offroad. :) FWIW, I just made a ~3/4" lift strut spacer for my wife's Envoy. Much better now that the nose is where it should have been right out the door. It sits fairly level as judged by the...

I'm sure it's gone by now. They don't mess around looking for excuses not to recover vehicles in Silverton, they just get it done. Interestingly, I figured he came up from Lake City, as that's an easy drive nearly to the top, but the article points to him having come from Silverton. I'd...

When I worked in Sweden, our company cars were often diesel, and of course we plugged them in. (Idling vehicles is illegal in most if not all of Sweden) They were wired with a flip cap plug "inlet" in the front bumper (fascia). From there, the power split to a block heater, and a small space...

It will not overcharge the house batteries while driving. If anything, you'll find that they don't charge as well, as there will be a decent amount of voltage drop through the wiring, especially if they are low and drawing more current. Aside from keeping the lights active at all times, you...

Yes, the adage applies to buttons only, not levers. If the decomp button is surrounded by dirt and dust, it COULD suck in a tiny little bit of grime if you happen to kick or pull the rope on an intake stroke right after you push the button. However, the chances of that happening, and then the...

Agreed on the spendy Fox shocks. That's why I ended up with Bilstein, after trying some Gabriel Ultra shocks. In the end, the Gabriels probably rode about the same, but there was no way I was going back to them after spending $330 on shocks. I just air down for rough roads. I'd like to...

If you want it a little more compliant (soft) for washboard and pothiles, you're going the wrong way looking at new shocks, and REALLY the wrong way looking at Bilstein's... I have 5100's on my Jeep, and 4600's on my truck. Bilstein shocks (digressive valving) are GREAT for handling, and for...

If you have a "load" output on your charge controller that is active when the controller is actively charging, you could use this, connected to the chassis battery to also charge the chassis battery... It would automatically disconnect when the panels aren't charging...

So... A diesel heater on a diesel means you just use fuel out of the tank, which is convenient. A diesel heater on a gas truck means you need a separate fuel tank for stinky fuel. Can we expect a diesel conversion before or after SAS?? :) Thanks for sharing all the pics of your...

I was thinking of Boulder 4x4 I think... My bad... OP, any reputable 4x4 shop should be able to figure it out, but it probably won't be cheap...

Didn't get pics, but was reminded by seeing it that there's a late 80's to mid-90's Dodge 4x4 van that I see in town occasionally. It's got an 8 LUG D60 (Or perhaps a 44?) and leaf springs under the front with springs over the axle. Sits pretty high, but looks pretty good for an old POS 4x4...

It is very unlikely that the rust on your springs is affecting their weight capability much at all... You might consider just having them sandblasted and either paint or powder coat them if the rust offends you. I would also agree that OME/AEV are the ONLY two springs I'd recommend putting...

You might also check with u-joint offroad in Boulder CO. They specialize in Ford vans, but I think most of the stuff they use would work on a Dodge. Honestly, any good 4x4 shop should be able to work a solid axle conversion with leaf springs, which is what Quigly did for years. It's not...

Most systems allow you to re-earn the sensor locations after a tire rotation. Is your Ford one of those, or does it learn the new positions on it's own? If it needs your help to re-learn, just do the process for the tires on the ground. If it learns on it's own, then when you rotate the...

MTVR, off the top of my head (I'm not the OP...), Jeep Grand Cherokee 2011+, a bunch of LR's, Ford Expeditions... Pathfinders... From my suspension and chassis engineering brain: Looking at similarly equipped stock-ish vehicles, one with a solid axle (Front or rear) is generally going to...

I too think your question is loaded... Are we talking about running bigger tires in the mud or snow? Then bigger tires will get you farther than smaller ones no matter what your RTI is. Rock crawling? I'd probably go with better RTI over tires with 1" more clearance. RTI does count for...

You can check my build thread too. Pretty mild, but it gets me places, pulls trailers, handles gravel roads and highway just fine. The main problem with SAS conversions is that the GM frame wasn't designed with clearance for a solid axle, so you have to lift about 4" to maintain even minimal...

The S-10 platform had no real major chassis revisions between 1982 to 2004 when it more or less ended, aside from the ZR2 models. The only thing I can think of is a front brake improvement that happened in '94. I had a 1998 Sonoma ZR2 that was a great truck. Mine had the 4.3L and a 5 speed...