Wow, I didn't know you could get 8 hrs of run time out of those battery powered ac units.
I carry my little honda 2000 watt generator for charging my batteries and running the ac at night. It's way cheaper for me than solar. Generator runs 10 hrs on one gal of gas.
Good luck whichever one you...
What are you looking to cool? Rooftop camper, pop-up, Cargo trailer? BTUs are the important thing. I camp in a 6x12 cago trailer I converted into my camping shack on North Padre island and cool it with a 5000 btu window a/c.
Fine someone in your local jeep club that has done it a few times and pay them well. Heck, 2 guys in the shop getting it done in a day.
Alternative idea:
Pull the axles, strip them down so all they need to do is is the install.
Lot of folks are using these Chinese heaters and they seem to be safe. I would use a carbon monoxide detector just to be safe, but this is a good idea.
Project Farm has a good video on them.
I have the scanguage2 also and like the way it allows me to know when I'm approaching 80% soot on the dpf.
FYI- The AlphaObd app ($50) will allow you to do a forced regen (both moving or stationary) if necessary.
To the Op:
I believe you mentioned getting the 10 meter radio so you can also operate 10 meters as well as your cb needs. You may already be aware, but I just wanted to say that operating on 10 meters requires a HAM license. If your already a HAM, please ignore this message.
Just didn't want...
Sure, just do some research on it (Google EOC in Canada). Know that its NOT legal in the U.S., but has been done. I'm in the camp where Ill stay stock and hope I get 100k miles out of it. I usually get a new vehicle around that milage. A dealer won't take a vehicle in trade if its been deleted...
To the OP:
Once they get it running again, immediately trade it in for something else. Don't drive it anywhere other than to the front of the building to trade it in. Don't wait a week, it will just have another problem, do it that very moment.
You will be happier in the long run with something...
Folks name their boats, so why not their Jeeps. When I was a kid my friend's dad had an older F-350 double cab 4x4, that thing was long, jacked up, big tires, had a big brush guard on the front, everyone called it the War Wagon.
My 23 diesel rubi doesn't have the bottoming problems that earlier years have mentioned. Perhaps switching out your front springs with 23 rubi springs may help and still keep the stock ride height.