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  1. New Genesis Offroad battery products for the ESS system

    Both versions keep the ESS system. One version relocates the ESS battery up top to make it easy to change. Another version replaces the ESS with a group 25 battery, and the starter with another group 25, both up top in the same tray. Unlike their dual battery system, this one just acts like...
  2. Tip for chaning the AUX battery from below

    Resting voltage was showing 12.1 or so first thing in the morning. (Turn to aux power instead of starting the engine. This vehicle lets you scroll to display the voltage, unlike our other car which shows dashes until you start the engine.) Engine start/stop still functioned. But the...
  3. An advantage of amber fog lights

    I don't think I'm just imagining this. When I started using the new amber fogs I noticed a few times a week someone seemed about to pull out in front from a side street or parking lot, then think better of it and wait until I went by. And in the last few days I turned them off because it was...
  4. Review: Purple Cranium Spider differential guards

    Source: Purple Cranium Products These are differential guards formed of solid steel bars inserted through a heavy flange then welded. They fit on top of the stock differential covers. The flange prevents a rock from peeling the cover open, and the cage helps protect against head-on...
  5. Early fluid changes: differentials, transfer case, manual transmission

    20,000 miles, first fluid changes for each: Back differential: Did some towing, dark fluid, plenty of metal. The drain magnet had what looked like a little sand castle on it. Lots of sparkles in the fluid, and a few larger flakes. Should have changed it sooner. I put synthetic 75W140 GL-5...
  6. Baja Designs Squadron SAE Gen 2 fog lights review

    Started with halogen headlights and halogen fogs. Added one layer of kapton tape to make the fog lights more yellow. Really nice color, made for a good "get out of the way" marker light, warmed up the foreground color a bit, but didn't do much else. Only a trace of light off to the side...
  7. Overheating fog lights?

    Sport S plastic bumper, and the fog lights are completely enclosed in a small plastic box for each, behind the bumper. According to the thread: The LED SAE J583 Fog Pod & Fog Light Review some of these aftermarket LED fog lights get up near 170 degrees F at the heat sinks. This heat is being...
  8. Amber/yellow for the fog

    Random thoughts after using yellow fog lights for a while: For now I have some Kapton tape on the halogen fogs. Gives a nice yellow glow on top of the halogen's inherent warmth. Available from computer parts places, as it may be used for 3D printing. Similar in effect to Lamin-x yellow. Off...
  9. Ground clearance and tire size, old vs new trucks

    Random thoughts comparing two vehicles: Sometimes someone points out that in the "good old days" people did lots of offroading with 30-31" tires and it was fine. Now you seem to need 33" or better. I did some measurements. My gen2 late 90s Ram 1500 has 10 inches clearance under the skid...
  10. Metallic whirring sound — parking brake cable

    It took a while to track this down, but it may help someone some day. Was hearing a quiet metallic whirring or hissing sound, related to road speed not engine speed. Noticable around 35mph and up. Sort of like a differential whine, and the fluid was in fact a bit low, especially in back, but...
  11. Shock install, in driveway

    How to change the shocks with the vehicle on the ground without taking off the tires, and including shock bracket skid plates: Blew the Sport S shocks in 13K miles. Fronts were leaking and making squishy sounds. One trip to CO and AZ did them in. Got Bilstein 5100s. Nice improvement. For...
  12. ESS / Engine Start Stop tip: Oil pressure

    Set the display to show oil pressure and watch what happens when ESS starts up the engine again. It takes one to two seconds for the oil pressure to come back up. And yet many people take off immediately. I suspect that it would be worthwhile to intentionally trip the ESS restart a few...
  13. Apex Autolynx anti-sway bar disconnects

    In prep for a trip I installed the Apex Autolynx disconnects. I chose to seal the snap rings from road salt and water using masking tape and gasket sealer, which seemed to work better than liquid electrical tape. Assuming that these things last, they completely paid for themselves in that I...
  14. Side blinkers and lights

    Had a near road rage incident with someone who either didn't see that I was changing lanes or else didn't care. I was in front and they thought they could blast by around me before I was allowed to come over. (Yes, a Corvette is faster, but it isn't magic!) Anyhow, I installed on each side a...
  15. Offroad comms

    Went on a trip to Moab and Ouray. Got the license and brought a GMRS mobile radio, and a Garmin Inreach satellite text messager. Not with a group, so we never used the GMRS. I did get to use the Inreach once when out on the trail by myself to let my family know I was done and returning. That...
  16. Towing 2000lb with manual transmission in the mountains

    Pentastar 3.6L, 3.73 gears, 6-speed manual. 2000lb popup trailer. In the mountains west of Denver, Glenwood Canyon, many times I could wind out second gear up to 50mph no problem but then would have to shift to 3rd and it couldn't pull any more. The big jump from 2-3 leaves it around 3000...
  17. Apex Autolynx: Sealing the ring clips

    Apex Autolynx sway bar disconnects use snap ring clips to set the length. These clips are exposed to the environment in the wheel well. Salt spray. Ideas to seal these rings? It should be durable but also removable in case I lift the vehicle and want to set to a different height. Options I...
  18. Cowl and back bumper ditch lights

    Testing the idea of some low-key ditch lights. I found some little 9 Watt rock lights, and mounted them both on the cowl by the A pillar and also at the side of the back bumper. Tied into the Aux switches. For the cowl, the result is similar to the D and C lights, except that theirs look...
  19. Antitheft: Protect the alarm horns

    Apparently one way to steal the JT is to cut the horn wires, raise the hood, do something under the hood plus use a tablet to change some setting, then get in and drive away. One user states that hood locks may have saved his truck when several others in the same parking lot were taken one...
  20. RedRock bed side rails — Keeping original brackets

    The stock plastic rear Sport bumper has little metal plates bolted in at each corner to reenforce the corners, as well as some plastic brackets behind them which help hold the skin of the bumper. The RedRock bed side rail instructions say to remove and discard these pieces. Another poster here...


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