San Diego BS Thread.

Be really careful with Amazon wire purchases, a LOT of it is undersized. I just got my girl some 8 gauge for an amp install in her T4R and that stuff seriously was barely 10 gauge. Make sure you read the reviews on Amazon, you will see people reporting sub standard gauges etc.

 

Crimp Supply is good; most of my wiring came from them. I like the extra lugs they throw in. I also got their military spec battery terminals with covers. Soldering the lugs is preferred to prevent oxidation. Absent that, and this is the route I went, use good quality heat shrink tubing with adhesive. The glue helps seal out moisture, but you need a heat gun. I’ve heard people use a hair dryer, but I got me a Black & Decker heat gun. I got an assortment of heat tubing from Amico and Uxcell, but the best stuff is from Lawrence Marine Products, all available on Amazon. A TW vendor sells soldered battery cables and is confident it holds up the rigors of off-roading. I found the pricing too high and went with the adhesive tubing.

Not connecting the two battery ground terminals to each other is generally frowned upon if you have a high amp drawing device connected to the aux battery. I don’t have such devices but I wired 2AWG to the primary battery ground anyways, and added ground points from the aux battery to both the chassis and engine block. I also replaced the existing 6AWG engine to chassis ground cable with 2AWG; wire was down by the starter. So, if adding ground connections from aux battery to chassis/engine, you can use smaller gauge ground, otherwise use 1/0.


Contact me directly about loaning the crimper.

 

I was checking out a very nice '16 TRDOR this morning with brand new Faulken's on it, when the owner walked up. We started talking about our trucks and he asked me if I was on TW!
Mike, it was great to meet you and I'm sure I'll see you around town.

 

Bbq/fire , my place. El cajon. 7 o'clock. Bring something. Smoked pork and hors d'oeuvres will be here. Bring something to cook, drink or something to rub up against. I'm not picky.

 

If anyone in north county is bored today... I will be tearing down my front end to clean and grease everything that is making my truck sound like I am torturing my dogs squeeky toys :/ stop by ...pick up a wrench...entertain me etc

 

I'm wanting to get ride of my front and rear bumpers since I'll be moving. Make me an offer. I also have the crash bar.

 

PM sent

 

Anyone going to this ?

 

I might be able to go, my lady will be out of town on a surf trip so I'm freeeeeeeeeeee

 

Cool I might go too. Do you have a garage where you live? I see it everyday on the street

 

Yeah I do have a 2 car garage here but...truck is too long to fit with the spare on the tire gate. Plenty of room to work etc just too long to be able to close the garage door with all the other stuff we have so the T4R gets the garage instead.

 

Mines the oposite. Really really long but only about 8.5' wide lol sucks of you have to take the tires off

 

@David K - if you're still looking to borrow an SWR meter I have one you can borrow. I also have a free 2 foot Firestick if you're in need of an antenna.

@Spvrtan - I also have a hydraulic crimper for large gauge wire. Nothing fancy but it'll get the job done.

 

Thank you, but I got one already! Sorry, thought I posted the results... Of interest, from the factory, the Cobra antenna/CB combo had an SWR of 2.5 on Ch. 1 and 3.5 on Ch. 40! After four clips to shorten the antenna, and four re-testings, and about 1.25 inches removed in total... I got it down to 1.9 on both Ch. 1 and 40, with a low of 1.3 on Ch. 20, the middle of the band... That's as gold as it will go!

 

Hey everybody hope all had a great weekend! Went to Havasu for a few days and did some riding but it was a tad bit hot, but we got a quick monsoon on Sat morning so that was great!! As for heat, well it is Arizona..

I was just recently reminded by the above post that I also have a front and rear bumper I need to get rid of!! Ill post up some pics today, I want to get it out of here! Silver in color BTW. Just been collecting dust and getting in my way....

 

My little truck is for sale $12k

 

So many posts to read when you don't logon for like a year. Lol

 

Why!??? You been working on it since you lived here, right? Best of luck, but I think you owe me a ride in it first! LOL

 

You too? I think I'm just going to mark everything as read. I saw you and the mercury the other day BTW

 

In on this thread-- lived my first 30 years in SD. My brother and other family members still there. We travel back every year or so.