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When you clamp it down the rubber expands tight on the wires so no silicone should be needed. I will check for leaks in the future and add silicone if necessary.

Finishing up all the antenna stuff today. All three are installed. So for those of you who know radio stuff, you'll probably cringe a bit at the relatively close proximity (about 8" spacing). Keep in mind that i won't generally want/need to use more than one of the systems at the same time - so...

No huge updates, but chipping away on some little things. Took a day off to get some new tires on my Sequoia (Falken Wildtrek load range E). Then picked up an engine with it lol... Anyhow....back to the Raider. Still goofing around with the antenna mount setup. One of my issues has been...

My buddy Chris who is a big time metal machining guy has been preaching that message to me for years lol. One of these days I'll actually get one haha.

indeed. neither the project rig nor the parts rig came with any of the stock plates except for the transfer case. Else I'd just use the stock ones and/or reinforce them. I'll just end up fabbing my own, but with a milion other projects ongoing thought I'd see what was out there off the shelf...

good point, though it would probably have to be more than minor since there's a big-ass steel crossbar there lol. But, point taken. I do have a jumbo fuse holder, so will take a look at that.

Once i get a battery with side terminals, I'll use the quick-connects that the cables came with (which are pretty nice). For the time being, I'm just not gonna worry about it. I was very careful to route these in a way where they don't touch much (and nothing sharp). between that and the...

So, speaking of wiring (was I speaking of wiring? whatever...) ....I picked up a 30-foot 1-gauge "jumper" set online for like $35 on some kind of random clearance thing. Wasn't sure what exactly it was, but that price was cheap for large wires so what the hell. It got here today, and indeed it's...

Just some little stuff today. With the tropical storm/hurricane heading this way I moved stuff around so i could stuff a couple cars in the garage (the Raider and the other cars with full coverage get to stay outside)....just in case any tree branches decide to come down from the 100 foot oak...

Cool, I have those on my boat now that I think of it, never even thought about it!

Yeah, was kind of hoping for something that I can pass all three through rather than drill three separate holes, to be honest. Gland joints are obiously the easy (if not as attractive) way!

My antenna wiring (GMRS, CB, AM/FM) is going to enter via a side panel (rear quater rear next to my tailgate hinges). Is there a preferred/go-to weatherproof grommet/seal that people like? I'll have a drip loop down and then the wire will come "up" to the hole, so something that curves downward...

Yeah I was being a little over dramatic there lol. But I have certainly seen weekly attached toe points break when being winched and fly back toward the winching vehicle! Since this winch is going to live its life in my garage and not on a vehicle I figure the rope will hold up well since it...

A little Sunday project regarding comms/antennas. So, a few things: First, as noted before I have a GMRS radio (just a low-power 5-watt set for local comms) and also have a CB (not currently installed, but will get around to it eventually) since some people in some areas use that (and we have CB...

For sure. Worst case I'm out $5 of scrap metal and an hour welding stuff and wiring stuff. The nice part about this is that it would be 100% reversible if I decide later to just drill some holes in different areas of the roof to separate the antennas further. Also, definitely low-power....just...

lol....what, the Hellas? They draw about 10-12 amps. The winch at full load draws about 150 amps.

I prefer not to do roof-mount antennas for the moment (don't want to drill holes, and don't like wires running across the roof), and don't like antennas in front of the cab (personal preference). So I'm considering fabbing up an antenna platform that would sit above my spare tire in the rear...

First, I didn't really like where I originally put the GMRS radio. Mounted down to the side made it hard to reach and the speaker was facing away from me. So I moved it up on top of the dash right under the grab bar. Because of the "lip" of the dash front I had to raise it up a bit to sit flush...

Nice, that's basically exactly what I'm going to do. The winch itself will have a short lead into one of those same connectors that you're using. I'll put permanent leads on the other side on both the Raider and the Sequioa, so when using the winch on the front of either I won't have a bunch of...

The winch arrived this morning, but I was busy building some garage shelving so didn't get to it until later today. I did take a few minutes and install some new front swaybar bushings. The ones on the truck were probably original and were so compressed they were hardly even touching the bar...