Bkennedy's SAS and Rebuild Thread

[RockRanger]

I still have this silly voice of reason in my head.

Let me talk to that part I think I can tell it it to go on its own vacation as soon as the hubs are locked.

 

[BKennedy]

Let me talk to that part I think I can tell it it to go on its own vacation as soon as the hubs are locked.

Funny, I think your part went on permanent vacation..

 

[Maniak]

Let me talk to that part I think I can tell it it to go on its own vacation as soon as the hubs are locked.

But, Sarah is in the back seat.. and she is a voice of reason. At least until she gets more comfortable wheeling and then Brian will be the voice of reason, which is a scary on it's own.

~Mark

 

[RockRanger]

I remember a trip when Sarah was maybe 10 years old. We got into an area where we had to do a steep down hill decent. I came down it with the back two tires just about in the air. When Brian came down it he was as white as a ghost and Sarah had a huge smile on her face. I asked her if she wanted to do it again and she said YES. Brian wanted nothing with a second shot at the hill.

 

[BKennedy]

She loves to wheel. She trusts me to not kill her so she has no fear. When she is driving off road she gets nervous easily. On the highway she is a chip off the old block.

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[BKennedy]

I have a picture of Sarah reading a book in the back seat while the Explorer is tipping on two wheels on a cliff side piece on the Rubicon

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[Stic-o]

I remember the story of her playing video games while there going down a steep hill she looks up and says weeeee and about playing her game

 

[RockRanger]

I remember in Moab Jefe was just about ready to lay his explorer on its side and and two of John's kids were in the back seat playing video games like nothing was gong on.

 

[BKennedy]

Yep, you should see her on a horse. Last weekend the big one, Melman, got mad because he was asked to canter and started bucking like a bronco. Head down, butt tucked in, bucking. Sarah with her English saddle and tall boots rode it out like a bronc rider.

 

[BKennedy]

The past few days I have spent trying to figure out why the Explorer won't start. I pulled the wiring harness for the ABS, then no start. Turns over, getting spark, no fuel. I look all through the electrical book I have for the 94' Explorer with no luck, because there are no control wires for the fuel pump in the ABS harness. I start again this morning with the basics; check all fuses, then I go and check the fuel pump relay shutoff. It's triggered. Something in removing all the wires for the ABS popped the shutoff. Reset, and fires right up like it always has.

 

[Rick]

Now that's freaky..

 

[BKennedy]

I think if figured out what happened. While I was cutting some old brackets out, I nicked a wire in the main harness, which just happens to go to that fuel pump shutoff. Must have triggered the breaker.

 

[BKennedy]

Have another question, this time about winches. Warn says to hook the winch + and - cables directly to the battery. My secondary battery, what I need to wire the winch to, is now going to be located behind the rear axle, much too far for the winch wiring. I am going to use a body mounted 3/8" junction block under the hood for all the wiring I want to attach to the rear battery (including the charging isolator), then just run one cable from there to the battery.
I am planning on hooking the + winch cable to that junction block and grounding the winch to the same frame/engine ground bolt as the primary battery.
Anybody see any issues??

 

[FR-425]

Yes,

I would recommend running the winch off the front battery.

Just more reliable.

Running it off the auxiliary bat will put a strain on your isolater.

Are you running 130amp alternator or bigger?

Your isolater would need to be able to handle full alternator current for long periods of time, without overheating.

Quite a money investment for real big battery isolaters

 

[Rick]

I agree with Greg.

For me the biggest reason would be the voltage drop across the long run back to the battery.

 

[Tbars4]

..x3

..High amperage draw and length of wire would let the wire heat up and performance and life of winch and battery to go down.

..Most Battery Manuf.'s as well as winch company's say to directly connect to the top terminal post of the battery (never the sides) and they will usually specify size of wire and length of wire. This insures long life of product and you don't have to worry about a fire..

On the subject of Sarah Driving at TH..

..She swapped seats with her dad and never missed a beat..Following her thru the ditches was just like following Brian himself and she never slowed down or faltered..:biggthump

..I'm still not sure when I was following Brian and Rick jumped out of the truck to check, how Brian did not lay the truck on it's side on this trip as I could of swore it was on the ground at a 90*..

 

[BKennedy]

I will connect the winch to the primary battery for all the above reasons. If I am stuck out by myself without the engine running and winching (like if its on its side), and I kill the primary battery, I will just switch them out after I get it back on all four wheels. Or, I can run a jumper from the junction block and start the engine that way. It also allows me to run a smaller gauge wire back to the secondary battery.

I am running the 130 amp alternator, but both batteries go through a 200 amp max isolator.

Ted, the Explorer was really leaning but the cool part is it was still on all four wheels. I remember that because I was thinking that if it flopped, it would only roll about 6" before it hit the side of the ditch I was in. That was the ditch my buddy Mike went through behind me in his Jeep and had to reposition to keep from rolling.

 

[Tbars4]

..I was right behind him in the Pumpkin and Rick waived me off when it looked like you were going over for good..:shifty_ey ..

 

[BKennedy]

Yep, I remember thinking that if I had the old front suspension, I would have been crawling out the passenger door.

 

[Kirby N.]

Pics? Sounds rad!