Otis24's Otisbound Outdoors Bodonkadonk Supercharged Twin Locked Micro Camper Build (OOBSTLMC)

Are you still using a flooded lead acid battery? you can desulfate it if you have a lot of time. It takes about a month for a dumb charger to do that.

*cough* I have a group 31 Odyssey for sale. *cough*

We run the enginaire or the donaldson ones, we don't get the big stuff anymore, but there's still plenty of fine dust. At camp we'd be blowing filters for days w/ the compressors

 

Nah, I have an optima red top. it’s still under warranty...I think.

I used the compressor the next day and worked way better than banging it on the tire.

 

Glad to hear! How have you been liking the supercharger? I’ve been considering it but have been a little worried about reliability on long remote trips. Did you have to do anything else? 7th injector?

 

Reliability in remote places was a concern for me as well soo I brought along everything to return the truck back to stock of need be.

So far I’m not running anything other than the supercharger. I do get some ping so the 7th injector kit is in the plans.
Edit- I’m also running cooler spark plugs and 91 octane gas...but that’s minimal.

 

Hey Mark, how are you liking this rear view mirror replacement? highly considering swapping my factory one out for this or something similar.

 

I like it a lot.
The field of view is so wide there are no blind spots.
The clock in 1st gens is in a terrible location so I use the mirror clock.
My speedo is off so I use the speedo on the mirror often.
It has a compass which is pretty nice.
It has a front facing camera that acts as a dash cam along with the rear facing camera.
Its easy to turn the mirror on and off which is nice for night driving.

At some point I want a camera on the front bumper. I think I can add this by tapping into the cable from the backward facing camera and putting both cameras on a 2 way switch. I had a front facing camera before and loved it.

 

nice. ok i may grab this mirror. when the power is off, does the screen act like a normal mirror (reflects whatever is behind you) or is it just a powered off screen? I'm debating relocating my stock rear facing camera higher up so i can get a better FOV but part of me wants to keep the stock camera where it sits on my swing out because i can clearly see how far i am before I hit something behind me with zero obstructions .. plus my rear view mirror isn't as useful as a video image of whats behind the truck with the drifter and stuff blocking the view out the back.

 

It’s just a blank non-reflective screen when it’s off. Well...it’s glass so it reflects a little.
The mirror has 2 views. One is driving down the road the other is in reverse with guide lines.
It’s a touch screen so you can adjust the view up and down easily with a finger.

 

sold! I know what product will get purchased from Amazon today but sit on a shelf in the garage for months! lol thanks Mark!

when are we wheeling? supposed to get the truck back from shaffer's later today. I'll be good to go after 500miles (I think that means ill be working from the truck/random parking lots most of next week to hurry the process along)

 

Nice! Regear?
If you don’t mind me asking how much? Another thread said like $2500 or something.
What ratio did you go with?
I bought a front locker. Just need to have it put in along with new gears.

 

Installation was pretty easy. I used fuse taps to power it.
My stock mirror is long gone because of the overhead console I put in. So, I epoxied a ram mount to the windshield and hold the mirror in place with a RAM X mount thing meant for a tablet.

Edit: I have most weekends free at this point for wheeling

 

4.88 nitro gears front and rear + arb air locker up front. I already had the compressor so it was in the $3500 range plus tax i think (haven't paid in full yet). I think I told you at camp last time I was debating 4.56 vs 4.88 but decided i wanted more of that power off road. I usually cruise on the freeways around 70-75mph so i can live with a little higher rpms.

nice! put it in already! engine wise, I still have

• an upgraded urd pulley to install on the S/C
• change out my belts (they're almost ready to be swapped anyways)
• install an oil catch can (im sure the rear view camera/mirror will live next to this on the shelf haha)

Hoping to do the break in process pretty quick so I can be ready to head out again.

sweet. come on @Fernando lets go camp.

I already have power running up there to my switches but i'll probably just do the same and use an add a fuse so the power is switched with the key.

 

Sounds good!
Yeah, I got quoted $3500 for just forgears and install, no locker.

It looks like the gears, install and locker install plus uber there and back will be $760 cheaper than the place in SCOTTS Valley which is only 8 miles away.

 

Lets go. My truck should be done tomorrow!

 

I'm down ... in 500 miles. lol.

Truck is almost done. Since I did custom wiring on my compressor, shaffers needs to spend more time to wire in the front locker.

I REALLY need to pull out all of my electrical this winter and start over. its too damn messy in the engine bay under my bussman box

 

I need to do the same under my hood and cab

 

Just encase everything in epoxy.

 

Same. I still have that wire that sparked a fire bare in the engine bay. Water is gonna start coming down soon

 

love the build, great details, ever evolving as they all are.

Nice upgrade, since you are in Cali, a Dorman or other aftermarket handle should be fine. Should you fall on your head and move to cold country, go with OEM. I tried a semi cheap aftermarket handle and it broke one morning just before I was heading over to Montana -10F, a bit of a pain. Lesson learned, have fun out there...

 

It’s crazy how cold will do things like that. I lived in New England and upstate NY by Canada before moving here. Never again.

The weather here is Mostly perfect when it’s not on fire.

I see you’re in Denali. That’s some serious scenery. I gotta get up that way some time.

Ive been planning a trip to Anchorage then take a train to Fairbanks and then a small plane to Bettles to watch the Northern Lights. It keeps getting pushed back. It’ll happen eventually.

I’ve been to very state except Alaska, Nebraska and South Dakota.