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You will never seal it out. But it is easy to make traps to hold it in. For the most part the OEMs have done a pretty good job in the past couple of decades in getting designs and coatings correct so things just work. Trying to seal up a frame rail, you will miss something and that will let...

exactly Even that is generally overkill. For the few times I have used a winch, it is generally just a nudge is all you need. The hill is a little slick, tires just don't hve enough traction. If you had 6 buddies standing around they could generally push you through. Being you can't get...

Back in 2010 I got my Xterra (off-road with 6-speed manual) I really wanted the V8 Pathfinder. But I couldn't do it with the price over $10k more. I still think the V8 Pathfinder is one of the better once to get.

Fill to 50 PSI, dunk in a water tank. If no dunk is possible, soapy water spray. I've had leaks that didn't leak at low pressure, but would leak at high pressure. The leak is like a pressure relief valve. I've also had the opposite. Tire would hold air for weeks and one it reached a point...

100+ years of driving and towing trailers for nearly as long. And there is a sudden need for brake temperature monitoring? You wouldn't know what to do with the numbers you are seeing anyway. You would need to have insider knowledge to the material the pad is made of and the temperatures that...

No, they won't take it. They are a fresh air check valve. Cooled by the fresh air passing through them. They are not intended for exhaust gasses to be passing through them. They are also too restrictive. Everything I have read up on these heaters is you don't want to choke the intake or the...

So if you plan for 50%, have a bad day and use 70%... Isn't that better than planning on using 70% and having a bad day and using 90%?

IF that is a 1-wire alternator as you describe, the BAT terminal is just an output, connected straight to the battery. By a switched power I am referring to so wire that only has power when the engine is running. That BAT terminal on the alternator is always hot since it is connected to the...

And missed it by a mile. Chassis still isn't grounded even if you add a ground between the batter and the engine. Just goes to prove that people that know things still miss the basics. I had to smoke a wire to learn that lesson. Others will have to suffer before they learn as well. Just...

Before you use the chassis as a ground, inspect the factory ground and see if it even contacts the chassis. Many vehicles the only items with a good ground is the body and the engine/transmission/alternator/all that metal all bolted together. The chassis often has no ground or just a light...

7 amp start and 4 amp run? That is a huge power sucking fridge. My Engle/ARB is a fraction of that. Before going of generalities get a meter and measure what you actually use. My normal rig has solar. Just a little 70W panel. Not even a fancy charge controller, just a solid PWM version...

So is my Coleman lantern a solar generator? It consumes a Hydrogen based fuel and releases light, heat, and radiation. Just like the sun. With a few bugs around it will even sustain (poorly) planets circling it. place a solar panel nearby and it will produce (a very small amount of) electricity.

Location in the circuit doesn't matter. Anywhere between the 2 batteries will do. Environmental considerations can be an issue. How will you be actuating this isolation? Switched ignition power? That probably makes more sense to have the isolation up near the front so you have a short run...

Super rare and old = unicorn parts that you will spend forever trying to find to keep it on the road. Sorry, just my thought. I have a few oddities and love the hunt for the parts. 1961 boat for one. But they are domestic and I can generally find things like bearings and seals easy enough...

I laugh at this, because it is nothing new. 40+ years ago my great grandmother passed away. I never knew here. But I remember making a road trip for 1000+ miles with the family and divied up the estate. My parents had a '73 for truck with a roof height shell on it. A trip to the local lumbar...

There is a 4th option. Nissan makes a pretty bulletproof van. Body on frame construction. Old school simple. V6 is more common, but a bit underpowered and no better economy than the V8 (get the V8). The only factory body on frame high roof as well.

You are splitting hairs at this point. What part of strenght are you looking for? Torque capacity, GAWR ratings, shaft size, ring gear diameter, spline count, the list goes on and on. Who is stringer, the one with more arm strength or the one with more leg strength? They can both be the...

OK, was looking at gasoline heaters. Got sidetracked on a coleman lantern/stove thread and there were comments about the white gas (coleman fuel or private label) is so much better. Doesn't clog generators, better heat, better light, better shelf life, etc. Ignoring the economics of the...

Just get a HMMWV chassis and adapt the body to it.

What's the front axle weight? What will it be after engine swaps and other outfitting? Guessing those numbers will blow away the 1-ton IFS you are looking at.