Hodakaguy's Overland Tacoma Builds - On to new adventures!

[L3TT3RS]

Continued from above....

Extending the SwitchPro positive cable.

Extending the OEM Positive cable.

Used 1/0 Welding Cable to tie the two batteries together. Low profile 300A fuses used on each end of the positive cable for direct short protection.

And all wired up! I need to pick up some more white heat shrink tubing so I can finish labeling the rest of the wiring.

Hodakaguy

Man. I am jealous of the level of organization here. So awesome

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[jgaz]

“And all wired up! I need to pick up some more white heat shrink tubing so I can finish labeling the rest of the wiring”

Would you please explain what you’re using to label your wires with the white shrink tube? At work, I’ve used Brother PTouch labels inside clear shrink tube many times before but I like the look of yours much better.
Sorry, if you’ve explained this before, I may have missed it. Thanks!

BTW: fantastic skills and incredible documentation!

 

[warrpath4x4]

“And all wired up! I need to pick up some more white heat shrink tubing so I can finish labeling the rest of the wiring”

Would you please explain what you’re using to label your wires with the white shrink tube? At work, I’ve used Brother PTouch labels inside clear shrink tube many times before but I like the look of yours much better.
Sorry, if you’ve explained this before, I may have missed it. Thanks!

BTW: fantastic skills and incredible documentation!

this was going to be my question too

 

[Dances with Wolves]

it's heatshrink/label tubing. http://www.dymo.com/en-US/view-all-labels/ind-heat-shrink-tube-3-4-in

 

[paroxysym]

amazing build thread sir.

 

[Tex68w]

Awesome build, can't wait to see what is next.

 

[TheCascadeKid]

There is something very sexy about a clean wiring job. Nicely done.

 

[Hodakaguy]

“And all wired up! I need to pick up some more white heat shrink tubing so I can finish labeling the rest of the wiring”

Would you please explain what you’re using to label your wires with the white shrink tube? At work, I’ve used Brother PTouch labels inside clear shrink tube many times before but I like the look of yours much better.
Sorry, if you’ve explained this before, I may have missed it. Thanks!

BTW: fantastic skills and incredible documentation!

There are many different brands/models of label makers that will print on shrink tubing. Just look at the price of replacement cartridges...some are $$$.

Link HERE

Hodakaguy

 

[Hodakaguy]

My father has an upcoming trip planned with his brother so it's time to get his truck set up for the Camper.

First item up is to install the wiring to connect the camper to the trucks Aux battery.

Four Wheel Camper uses an Attwood 3 prong trolling motor connector for the truck to camper power interface. Here I'm getting set up to splice the plug onto the Ancor marine wire.

On all my projects I like to use Ancor Pre-Tinned marine wire, each strand is tinned before it's made into the actual wire. Tinning helps keep the wire corrosion resistant in marine and non-marine environments and keeps the wire reliable for years to come.

Connected

Hole drilled in the corner of the bed for the power plug.

This is a de-burring tool and is sooooo handy. You use it to eliminate the sharp edges around the hole to prevent stress cracks from developing down the road. Because of the shape of the tip you can de-burr the inner and outer edges easily.

Plug installed

Terminating the wire on the fuse box next to the SwitchPro.

Getting ready to swap over the camper to my fathers rig. Before Shot.

Attaching the jacks.

We fabricated some stand off brackets from some plate steel so the front jacks will clear the fenders of the truck when we drop the camper and pull forward.

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[Hodakaguy]

Continued from above...

The passenger side rear jack mount needed a quick mod to allow the jack to function, when we added the stainless mount to the OEM bracket to support the Shadow awning it caused a slight interference issue when mounting the jack. We fabbed up a quick stand off plate to allow the jack to bolt on with the awning brace in place (Short a couple bolts in these pics).

This adapter allows you to use a drill to run the jacks up and down instead of having to use the hand cranks. Very handy!

Jacks going down, turn buckles removed and camper coming off the truck.

These are the bed bars and camper attach points for the 5' Tacoma trucks, the bars attach to the bed using the factory bed hold down bolts. Tip: To make install easy use a snap tie to attach the front turn buckets to the mounting bar before you install the camper, once the camper is on the truck you can lift up the turn buckle and attach it to the camper without having to fish for the lower tie point. Turn buckles are quick and easy with this method.

Camper installed on my fathers truck, tire pressures set and air bags inflated...here we are watching some aviation videos and my father and uncle are swapping flying stories

And back outside. We swapped my fathers canopy over to my truck.

Bammmm....they look totally different now lol.

Hodakaguy

 

[warrpath4x4]

nice fender sticker lol

 

[Space Wrangler]

Um why didn't you guys just swap trucks ? LOL Not trying to be a ass though

 

[jgaz]

There are many different brands/models of label makers that will print on shrink tubing. Just look at the price of replacement cartridges...some are $$$.

Link HERE

Hodakaguy

Thank you for the info link

 

[Tex68w]

So are your father and uncle pilots, flight mechanics, or both?

 

[Hodakaguy]

Um why didn't you guys just swap trucks ? LOL Not trying to be a ass though

We talked about it, but it's just nice to have your own rig when on a trip and swapping the camper is easy to do.

Hodakaguy