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With everything going on in the world, that's a nice solution. My Y1k has been awesome.

I saw this guy in the vendor area at an "off road expo" a year or so back. I thought it was a pretty solid idea. https://pot-t.com/product/pot-t-portable-outdoor-travel-toilet/

Those snap ties are sewn into the top edge of the pouch. This pouch size only has one horizontal web, one inch below the top of the pouch. So there's no MOLLE webbing pinched between the pouch and the panel.

Oh. The stuff I've used so far has horizontal nylon webbing to hold the straps back to the bags. Everything else is just weaving. The vertical straps basically go "outside" the panel, and woven under the horizontal nylon webbing. That's why the holes need to be a little bigger. The webbing and...

My original hole size leaves .250" of material at the narrow points between rows. The new size leaves .200". I haven't made new panels yet, but I still think there's sufficient stiffness for my .090" thickness. You might be surprised to hear that whole panel is anchored with only the two bolts...

You'll find that the basic MOLLE pattern that hard panels use is a 1.50" x 1.00" grid. Long dimension is the center-to-center width of the hole pattern, and the other is the vertical C to C. I made my .090" aluminum panels with a hole size of 1.25" X 1.125". I felt this "extra" height was...

Not sure if this will link... At the lava flow on the Mojave road

Fusion 360 was already mentioned. Another one is onshape. They also have a free level while still being pretty full featured.

Remember the size of the holes. They're only 1.25" x 1.00". Lots of tools would work, but how much time do you want to spend? What I used was a simple deburring tool, and a few rotations per hole, per side. Aluminum is soft and a simple "sharp knife" tool will break the edge just fine. Like I...

Ok guys, hold your horses. We've been talking about making a few pieces, and/or farming some work out. Even if we're talking larger runs, and I know the CNC machining world has changed dramatically over the last few years, we're still talking sheet metal and not wood or plate(that includes...

I am an extreme newby in playing with CAD. IIRC, when I made a dxf file for the shop that did the cutting, F-360 gave me an email link. They also had a problem with that, so I ended up making a step file for them, which worked. I've made a link to one of the panels. https://a360.co/31wXE07 I've...

Actually, that's way overkill for this kind of thing. And those are a little tougher to get a nice radius in the corners. Technically, the router is just gross overkill too. It's just chasing an 'ideal' that's not truly necessary at all. But it will definitely make for a very nice product...

If I was going to do production level, I'd go with a router and backing guide panels. The end quality of that would depend on the accuracy of the cutting machine, of course. I did look into smaller radius bits, and found some with guides that would still work for such a thin material. Either...

I haven't made a second set with the new size yet. I went back to verify my hole pattern, and I made a mistake in my first post. The MOLLE pattern is 1.5" width, and my hole pattern C to C is 1.5"w x 2"h. This original patten leaves the "solid" part of the grid with 0.25"w between the holes...

I ended up making mine from scratch, using a free level of Fusion 360 (I also have Onshape, which can also be free). If you look hard enough, you'll find that the basic MOLLE pattern that hard panels use is a (edit: 1.50") 1.25" x 1.00" grid. Long dimension is the center-to-center width of the...

Completely different engine. The '08 has a Mercedes engine. All the newer eco-diesels are VM Motori

The only thing I've read that was remotely similar to what you're going for, but not really at all, was someone who used the fridge as the icebox part of his system. Basically he keeps frozen foods and some ice packs in the 'freezer'. He then uses a cooler as the 'fridge', where he keeps more...

Yep! Better cruise rpm for diesels for sure! My CRD has the Mercedes OM642 (Sprinter engine, no Bluetec/DEF) with a torque peak @ 1900rpms. Like yours, that's where the rpm should be at cruise. In the case of these Jeeps, using the Hemi's 545RFE transmission would have been a much better...

I've never timed them myself, but Magazine articles put out when they each first came out put the CRD only about 0.5 seconds behind the hemi, in the 1/4 mile. Probably the biggest reason for that, is that these CRD's do not have a drivetrain that was matched to the engine as well as it could...