What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Expedition Essentials 3TPAM with SPOD, Go Pro, GMRS and phone.

 

Doubt Shane ever bought nor lease one.

 

I’m gonna ask a really dumb question. I can research this elsewhere, but here’s a good a place as any.

What’s with the air compressors people are putting under the hood? What function do they serve?

Blast away

 

I still want to hear from someone who has one of these pumps. No decision yet.

 

It you press them (and sometimes massage them in) they will stick to the headliner.

 

Air locking diffs
Tire inflation

 

Pulled my blown motor out, and got the junkyard one loosely bolted in. Probably finish the rest later in the week, and hopefully be driving it next weekend

 

Lots of folks air down their tires for off roading, it helps to provide a smoother ride on rough trails, helps with added traction and less likely hood of a puncture.

Once you’ve aired down for a trail, you have to air back up for the road to avoid a dangerous situation with underinflated tires at highway speeds.

Air compressors, like the ARB units you’ll typically see, are a faster, more reliable way to air back up (compared to a standard cigarette lighter plug in air compressor).

My pregnant wifey airing up…because it’s so easy and fast with a good setup.



Some also use it for air lockers, air tools and air suspension, amongst other things.

 

some are wired already and some are not

 

Put on the last of the armour today. Had some help with the bumper and then installed the lights afterwards. Just waiting on a harness for the light bar and then it will all work!

Also, I just spliced the fog lights into the stock wiring. No power source, no fuse. Just two wires for each of the fog lights and I just combined them and "shoved" them into the stock wiring that is for the stock dog harness. Maybe they could be brighter? Seem blinding to me

 

open door or switch

 

Kevin are you gonna use the mini ex to pull the motor?

 

right on man

 

Wow. I expected to see some snow up that high still with the winter we had. I hope to do Webster some day, but your experience is reminding me to do it with friends. I'm under the impression it's tougher than Imogene.
Time to hunt down a thread of good Colorado trails; time to explore some more (safely).

Glad that you and your truck are out safely.

 

Nada, was classy and used a forklift haha. I have used the mini to pull all the motors in the past though

 

Mine was integrated tailgate lock. Morning after signing a 31k loan for the truck I come out to a hobo using my tailgate as a bench to shoot up. Seattle for ya

 

Bangbangs, pointy stabbies, tacos AND cats? Did we just become best friends!?
What’s in the leather slip pouch?

 

lol Yes
It’s a modern traditional Slipjoint by LionSteel
Made in Italy designed after the Barlow pattern. M390 blade steel and it’s a great slicer definitely a handy every day carry. I actually collect knives so I really enjoy them.

Here’s a beautiful fixed blade made by Bark River called a Bravo 1 with Crosscut Mammoth and Mosaic pins.

 

I’ve learned pictures can be very deceiving and I bet getting that truck out of there without rolling it was much more challenging then it appears. I’m sure that angle is a lot more steep than the picture dictates.

 

Oof. That bug bit me too…
That lionsteel is slick and I’m a sucker for mammoth fixies. That BRK is gorgeous!

I have a lil fat Busse in mammoth tooth. The local stabbery put some blue mammoth ivory on one of their house blades and redid the inlays on my sebenza with something similar. Same place also does insane ano work. They collaborate with an artist to make stuff like that titanium scaled bug out.
No safe queens! Use ‘em or lose em!

In an attempt to keep it vaguely truck related here’s my ghetto diy molle mount for my truck knife while I wait for a rigid panel to come back into existence: