NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Paint this box a bright blue and you can get people to move out of the fast lane quicker.....

 

Yeah, the fall here is just kind of rain, but im from the mid-atlantic where the colors are cray cool looking and the air gets crisp. I miss that and it was a blend of that and the fall here. Even got a little snow at elevation.

 

That's some gorgeous landscape. I don't know about other folks, but I'm certainly living vicariously through your travel posts.

 

that taint tea bag
where up there did you tour?

 

I was west and north of Nelson BC

 

nice never been that far east. i've been up and canoed the Bowron a couple times.

 

Ive only been to vancouver and whistler so it was cool to hit some small canadian towns

 

definitely feels like time travel the farther north and the farther from snivelization.

 

Help needed w/ 2016 AGM battery install:

After a little more reading (@crashnburn80 ), seems like I'll need to add a voltage booster to properly charge the AGM battery (X2 27F). Additionally, the 2016 sounds like it's voltage monitoring differs from 2017+ ('16 -> Alt-S circuit vs. '17+ -> ECU)? Though, I'm still not sure which kit I need.

Is this something any of you have done for a 3rd gen or otherwise that could help a brotha out with? @SaphiraTaco? Happy to pay for the time / space.

My truck-fu skills have improved considerably working with several of you sensei out there, but electrical is still something I'm not comfortable with.

 

The booster applies to the alt-s circuit. However, the 3rd gen (including 2016) removed the alt-s fuse, as it is all managed by the ECU. Information provided by the manufacture that it works for 2016 is incorrect. In theory one could use an add-a-fuse to the wire feeding the ECU that data, but to my knowledge nobody has done this yet.

 

who is stoked

 

Another option is to get a charger/maintainer and plug it in once a month or so. I used this one when I had a Group31 AGM in my '16. I added a dedicated charging port in the front so I didn't have to pop the hood to charge it.

$189 BatteryMINDer 128CEC2: 12 Volt-2/4/8 AMP Lead Acid Battery Charger, Lithium (LiFePO4) Battery Maintainer, and Battery Desulfator

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01D3SWXUA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

$17 Tecmate OptiMATE Cable O-40, Weatherproof SAE socket, panel mount, Black

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N57XLNS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Holy shit, thats slick. I'm totally doing this

 

So even now, almost 2020, and there isn't a kit / widely applicable solution for 3rd gens?

That is slick. How long would you need to have it plugged in?

I'm not sure this would work (depending on time needed to charge) as I have street parking only, in a highly congested area. Even if I did have an outlet to use, there's way too many sketchy people around to not have it f*cked with or stolen.

 

I don't know how long it took, maybe a few hours. I would leave it overnight so that it had time to desulfate the battery also. I wrote CHARGER with sharpie on a piece of cardboard that I would put on the driver seat so I wouldn't forget and drive away with it plugged in.

 

This just in...



I haven't been following this thread. Have you guys installed yours yet?

 

@White lightning boosted has.

 

The Yukon has become my favorite area so far. Small towns, awesome people, lots of open road, great scenery, was just an awesome area where ever we went

 

wow that looks badass. Its so cool exploring the great white north

 

Does anyone know if you can walk/scramble from NF 5510 up to the Hanson Creek bridge on the Iron Horse trail? I'm supporting some runners on a 50K tomorrow, and if I can get to the trail from there, I could stay away from the congestion down at Garcia where the FS road crosses the trail.