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So far as I can tell, nothing prevents you. I’m guessing you could just skip the step on setup too.

My Yeasu did. I believe it digitally transmits your call sign when you key up, it also receives similar, I think it reports to the NSA, or my wife... whichever cares more at the time.

The voltage drop is the main driver for fridge wire size. I can tell you from experience with using the ARB fridge wire kit with A Dometic CFX 28 that the wire was undersized. The LVD kicked in unless the vehicle was running. It sucked. Expensive lesson. I’ll throw a +1 on landscape wire...

I think your budget and willingness or ability to fabricate stuff will have a big influence on this project. In my opinion, one could probably scratch build a lighter trailer that fits the purpose, but it won’t likely be cheaper. Is off-road towing important or are you sticking to graded dirt...

You want the JK wiring pigtail? That should be easily available, worst case scenario any salvage yard with a wrecked Jeep.

Just jump to airbags and don’t look back. There are lots of threads about adding them. $100 and 2 day delivery from Amazon. I’ve been running them for years.

Roof rack / basket progress. I learned a lot doing this one so far. In a week or so I hope to have this done, but it has been well over 100 here, and that doesn’t make for happy welding time... then I ran out of wire and gas.

1961 Series II Diesel here, some (maybe all) assembly required. Recently said goodbye to a 1963 Series IIA. Moving that guy into loading position was a game of winches and inches.

Need versus want. Don’t let Instagram or some parenting website tell you what your children “need” on a trip. About 5 years ago we took off on a trip and realized about 100 miles in that the diaper bag was still in the kitchen. I’ve backpacked with less than we hauled in that bag. I stopped...

The market silence will tell you when you are priced too high. I tend to agree with 10%, maybe even 25%, but I usually discount the whole by that much or more for a modified vehicle just because of the FPO factor.

While you can ground to the body, I personally chose to spend the extra and run a matching cable back to the battery, ensuring adequate and testable grounding. I recommend this, as grounds seem to cause lots of problems when they loosen or corrode, and your body ground relies on braided straps...

Best advice on here is to join a club, make a few friends, help them with their projects on their rigs and learn from their mistakes paid for with their money, then start your own journey. Modify as you go or as things are needed. Very few adventure vehicles roll out of the shop perfect but...

1-5/16 seems like an odd size for tubing. Where are you sourcing that / why choose that size? Just curiosity really, I obviously have no skin in the game. on edit: I realize you are probably thinking of using 1” pipe. You could probably do thinner and lighter if you wanted to, using true 1”...

In Arizona, yes, temperatures in a car with the windows up can easily exceed 140. Same here in California, outside ambient temps before considering sun can reach 115 plus in my area. Not hard to believe the interior blows past 140 when the car sits in the sun. I accidentally touched the...

it has been so many years that I’ve lost track of those pictures. This is the best I can do, and tent is no longer here, sold and moved another one to a trailer. If you zoom in and look along the rail you can sort of see it under this Kukenam set up to open over the rear. I might have a set...

Your seats are held down with 8mm bolts? That is tiny. Was that a typo? You might want to check before ordering.

Mount the tent to crossbars made of Unistrut, long enough to sit on the side rails of the Gobi, then bolt the Unistrut to the Gobi with u-bolts. You can get a wrench or ratchet to the nuts by going in through the end of the Unistrut. Ditch the aluminum channel that came with the tent and use...

Understanding that the systems are different, I had a very similar problem with my 2006 Dodge Charger. They eventually issued a recall that replaced a bunch of gas tanks. The problem as a I understood it was that a check valve in the evap line at the tank would rot out and fail, allowing...

I have no official knowledge or authority in electrical things, but I do have small experience. I recently added 200w solar to the roof of my Jeep and the Victron SmartSolar 75/15 MPPT to fill the gaps left by a fridge running 24/7 in the heat. I do not unplug when I drive. The solar controller...

Use short bolts and put them in from UNDER the car, short enough that they don’t come through. or Get some Teflon (PTFE) or High Density Polyethelene (HDPE) rod and thread it. Screw into the floor and then cut off flush.