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Seals arrived Wednesday, ended up not getting around to installing them until today. No leaks now! But of course I forgot to put the side gear back in, and then when I took it back apart to get that in I realized I might have put the bonded seal in backwards. So now I am waiting on ARB to reply...

When I went to the rear and jacked it up to test the rear locker, to my dismay it would not engage. Granted, it has been a year and a half since the locker was installed so I thought maybe it was just a little stuck or something. To spare you all the gory details, I'll summarize. I checked the...

This now brings me to the last couple weeks. I finally had some time off of work and since I got a good sized bonus this years (surprisingly) I was able to afford to finally get new tires for the H3. I've been running the same set of 33" Duratracs since my first H3 clear back in 2014. 6 years on...

In between the end of October when I had to recall the issue with the body harness connector and the blower fan and the end of November when I actually fixed it finally, I ended up buying a 16' 6k lbs car hauler trailer to use for, well, anything really. I needed a trailer to be able to...

Skipping over the rest of spring, all of summer, and into fall (which all of that was spent working too many hours at my job, fixing up a ton of stuff around the new property and house such as sprinklers, windows, etc, also getting a 1/4 acre garden planted and tended to, more work, some...

Well, it has been a while since I updated this. Life has been keeping me pretty busy this year between my job and the new house/property. All these people claiming to have tons of free time due to COVID seem a bit farfetched, I've never been busier. Let's see, where was I? Oh yes, I had...

I saw these in use on my neighbors rig at Overland Expo West last year. Could probably drill a hole through the clamping bolt and put a lock on it. They are pretty inexpensive. Search for stage lighting clamps. The make several different sizes and styles. Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

Velcro ties. If it has a hook (most ratchet straps) then the velcro tie is wrapped around the hook permanently and then the strap is rolled around the hook and secured with the velcro tie. Anything that is a cord (like my winch controller) then the tie goes around the cord and then the bundle...

I'll be in my bunk(er) Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

While I get the intention of the OP, this sounds like a lot of unnecessary time and money being spent when simply wiring it directly to the battery (which really is the best way to install a 2 way radio) would have had you all done by now. A capacitor is not the way to go for something like...

And here is the latest repair I discovered I need to do. While messing around with the A pillar trim and snorkel bracket, I noticed my roof channel trim was looking in bad shape so I decided to take it off and see what was up. When I did that I discovered that the weld seam was covered with some...

I also finished up routing the wiring and installing the air system for the ARB compressor. I still need to run the air lines and hook the compressor wiring up to my SwitchPros. I added a 125 psi safety pop off valve to the compressor, just in case the pressure switch fails closed and the...

And that brings us to today. I am going to be getting some new tires since my 5+ year old Duratracs are getting a bit thin in the tread. I have an extra set of 4 factory wheels I picked up a while ago, and am planning on getting the new tires mounted on those and leaving the Duratracs on the...

I also finally started working on getting the air lockers working. I have the ARB twin compressor that I am eventually going to hard mount, but after looking into it I realized that in order to safely use that with the air lockers I need to run a pressure regulator as the lockers shouldn't...

After waiting far too long for the radiator bushings that turned out to be on indefinite back order, I gave up and went ahead and used the old ones (the new radiator did not come with any unfortunately). Got the AC condenser fins blown out as best as I could and installed the new radiator, along...

When I removed the old radiator I noticed the rubber bushings for the lower radiator mounts were starting to dry rot, so I tried ordering some new ones and worked on the next issue that I had noticed. Previously there was a custom dual battery system in the truck with a fabricated tray. I went...

Next up was replacing the 90 degree hoses to the heater. The old ones I had already cut down once before when rebuilding the engine to get a new sealing surface, so this time I went ahead and replaced them with new. Since the original hoses were crimped with aluminum ferrules to the aluminum...

It's been a good thing that after buying my wife a new car we have her old one for me to use. The H3 is still sitting in my garage, and I keep finding more things to fix on it rather than getting the mods done I actually wanted to, aside from the ARB air lockers. First up is this issue I had...

First one looks like a racing saw, second is someone didn't know what they were doing at all and got the bar pinched in a terrible way. Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

$20 is not $30-$40. And aluminum? Sheesh. That thing is garbage for any but the smallest, lightest antennas. You'll bend it just by hitting a speed bump too hard, nevermind taking it offroad. Might be fine for a 1/4 wave 2m antenna or smaller. Anything else and it'll bend. Better off making...