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I expect I'll be purchasing one soon. With my old 176c, yeah it hasn't been supported in 5 years or more. With all the cool people with mounted iPads and whatnot, it seems like whenever there is a navigation question, everyone wants to look at the old 176c. The fact that I'll be able to use...

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I scored an Icom ID-51 for a reasonable price. A Baofeng UV-5R was included in the package (aka, taking up space at his house). The icom, now that I've got a programming cable, is pretty legit. I like it. The DSTAR function is still a bit of a mystery, but I'm...

5 Year warranty is pretty strong...

Same here. I'm glad I'm wrong!

X2 on the small portable starters. Initially I was like, na man. This ain't gonna work. Used it to jump my friend's 1997 D90 with a 4.0 V8...twice. No problems. Worked great. Easier than trying to find someone to provide a jump.

I think they are making it meet EPA 2007 or 2010 or something. So what that means is you can use it to repower any on-road vehicle built before 2007 or 2010. The EPA rules state that you can repower a vehicle with the same year model engine OR newer. So that is what they are going for. I don't...

So I've been running my cheapo Baofeng radio for a few weeks now in my vehicle. Overall, it is crap. And yes that is with an external mag mount antenna. It upsets me that I basically have a 5 mile range with this thing, and it really gets me when there is some guy on the repeater who is clear...

Best luck I've had with soft shackles is hooking up to stock tow points. Thankfully newer vehicles have a tow point readily available, but often it is an odd shape or wedged in the air dam. This can be difficult to use with a steel shackle. But a soft shackle works perfectly. Also when rigging...

First off, I don't think it is your battery. If your battery was bad, your starter wouldn't engage. I assume your starter is spinning like it normally does (unless it is now magically super slow). I'm going to say glow plugs are the issue. I've seen a 200TDI crank at 5F without any other...

Define not starting. Did the starter motor spin over? Was it fast or slow? If it did, then next I'd look at glow plugs. Make sure they are all working properly. I know some vehicles there isn't a timer so you gotta do it manually. For around 32F, glow plug for the better part of 30 seconds...

In the past, yeah. But it seems like this year, converted D1s seem to sit on the market. Owners are asking for $12~15k for a truck that obviously has rust issues. Hard to swallow that when the same budget gets you a very nice LR3 or gets you most of the way on an LR4. Sure you don't get the mpg...

Forgot to post. KM4YWW. Got my license a bit ago. Trying my hand at a few local nets.

If you are looking to get out of your D1 anyway, see if the numbers make sense. The LR3 will be easier to sell later on vs. the D1. Agree with the trade in on an LR3 is horrid. Private party seems to still be decent. However the market for used LR3s seem to be soft. I've seen the same trucks...

I saw these. Looks like very nice kit.

1. Yeah its probably fine. That said, you should size your winch so you don't have to do a double line pull. Something I want you to consider with a double line pull. Assuming you've got a cheap winch, under full load, its good for 4~6 ft/minute at full load. That is SLOW. Measure out 6ft in...

The engine is best known in the ROW market and is a light truck engine by design. I think they are trying to take an off the shelf product and use it in a new market. From my understanding, the engine will bolt right up to an NV3550...which is *actually* a pretty good setup. That is a nice...

I guess it really depends. Here in the southeast, you can pretty much go to any mountain top and get cell service. So while you've gotta go for a bit of a hike, that isn't that bad. When I was in Colorado, we ALWAYS saw another vehicle. Its just that populated out there. We once got into a bit...

I need dis...

Good point. I've got 146.82 programmed in. I might go ahead and program the 2nd one in, see which one actually works and has traffic on it.

So a bit of an update. I was out in Dekalb county and extremely close to the Stone mountain repeater (W4BOC). I was able to transmit and receive successfully. So at least I know my cheapo radio works and CHRIP works. Normally I try to hit the midtown repeater, W4DOC. That is pretty close to...