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What did you do to your rig today?


autumnwalker

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My inverter turned out to be bad, so I had to run to crappy tire and get a 500W.
It's all bolted and wired in now. I ran the wire from the battery as you can only realistically get 100W out of a cigar socket, especially one in the rear of the vehicle - which the X has.
Now the inverter is installed I can run a small cooler/fridge in summer :)

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Trying to get the TLC finished and some hard-starting issues trouble-shooted on the Scout. I could build my own thread! Had hoped to be driving it by now, but I also say she'll be ready - by the time the snow is gone!

The chrome lug nuts were a bit rusted living out in Ketch Harbour, in the sea-salt laden air. Replaced them and added lock nuts as well. Replaced the ballast resistor with a Mallory one to match the PO upgraded distributor and have a matching coil coming as well. They were just barely out of spec, but then ALL of the starting and ignition circuitry was just barely out-of-spec, and combined to be really out of spec! Here are a couple of pics of the latest maintenance, cleaning 36 years of factory potting residue (?) or something off of the bulkhead connectors. Now that is a contortionist's job under the dash, especially in a garage I can't open the driver's door the whole way. Much other TLC underway as well.

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Connectors all covered in some dried resin-like material. All electrical devices seemed to work, except the wire to the starter relay / solenoid, which was intermittent and then quit all together. Continuity of that wire up to and beyond this BHC was just fine, and they are a known issue.

Now the blue wire - the factory battery wire to the starter was 4 guage. Given the length of run it was it was bordering on requiring 2 guage. I couldn't find pre-terminated 2 guage cables so I went with 1 guage. I always build lots of ground bonding and heavy transmission cables into my builds. The only ground was engine to battery! No body to battery! And a dirty engine to body ground.

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Hole somewhere in the pic through the firewall.

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Under the dash. Unscrew the fuse block from the firewall to access the bulk head connector. Then unscrew the two halves.

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Much cleaner connectors on the engine bay side after I finished. Squeeze and back each one out, clean and re-install. Haven't finished under the dash.

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My '84 Suburban has blade fuses and colour coded wires, and except for a few ends at lights, etc. the wiring is solid.

My '79 Scout has glass fuses, no colour coded wires, instead they have a code stamped at the extreme ends only, there are various fusible links, and the wiring is very compromised with time and weather.

If I had to do much more maintenance to similar or older vehicles or vehicles that burned or somehow otherwise compromised, or build a custom buggy, I'd be considering a pre-made kit such as Painless Performance Wiring!

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I do Automotive wiring Gene if you ever need anything sorted out

I'll keep that in mind!

I do great wire runs, but I hate terminations, I often pigtail stuff together and it has held so far............ However I couldn't pigtail 1 guage! lol

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Didnt do anything to the rig, but picked up an 80amp MIG/Flux welder, its Mastercraft brand and came with helmet, gloves, wire and wire brush. Was $249 for the entire package. Something to get me back into welding and do small things as needed.

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Friend of mine has that welder. Other than sheet metal, it's really not great. I buila sled for the kids with steel square tube and it was the most horrible welds I have ever done. Maybe you'll have better luck with it, who knows

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Some new goodies to post I got today while I am on the phone for a boring meeting lol

All new stuff is rugged ridge.

New dual battery isolator

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snatch block to replace my missing one

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toggle switches for air,battery selection and 2 extras for potential mall crawling LED lights :P

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also got a winch bag and new (non rusted) fairlead :)

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