Recent content by Shimajilosan

I spent nearly $10K on JAOS gear for my '06 T4R back in 2007...Kangaroo bar, skid plate, rear skid bar, mud flaps, rack, and Challenger 110G driving lights. Over the years, my driving lights have literally disintegrated. The area around the base became rusted and eventually both fell apart. I...

AM1 Tamper Alert does not reset Hi All, I am going to resurrect this in the hopes that someone who knows about these systems are still around! After a new alternator installation and problems with water, my Automate AM1 system has become a little screwey. EVERY time I disarm the system, I am...

Yep, moved...thanks!

:frisky: WTF? SO have you done this, Boris??? What is the procedure??? I can certainly understand changing voltages across a grid controlling this...hell, that's how the steering wheel audio controls work.

Yeah, but doesn't the SO239 assembly on the underside contact the mount? On a Firestik or other "whip" antenna, the whip itself is basically an extension of the shielded center strand of the coax. The 3/8 x 24 bolt on the bottom of the actual antenna IS the active element and must be isolated...

NGP antennas are used when there is NO metal in sight, such as on a fiberglass or fabric shell, a balloon, or glider. As long as you have the mount connected to metal - even though you don't have electrical mount-to-chassis continuity, it should be sufficient to provide "rf ground" for the...

Hi...You made me look! :) I pulled out the multimeter and indeed there is continuity between the point where the barrel of the SO239 contacts the RS840 mount and the hex screws that secure the underside of the lip mount to the vehicle. Here's an article that presents the basics of rf and...

Antenna Placement On an antenna, "ground" more often refers to "radio frequency" (rf) ground rather than an electrical ground. Still, the solution is a solid connection between the body, the mount (in this case a Comet RS720 locking tri-plane), and antenna receiver (a Firestick uses standard...

Ditto Ditto Ditto When my 2001 Disco II died at 75K (from things you already mentioned), I moved into a 2006 T4R and have been thoroughly satisfied. Other posters have discussed the issues with the T4R, but the only ones I have personally encountered are the caliper issue and minor corrosion...

I picked up one on Okinawa years ago and would like to find another. It is a round decal, black and white, with the kanji for UMIN CHU in the middle, and coordinates for Yaeyama islands circling the outside of the decal. Thanks in advance!!

Y'all have some nice clean installs in this thread. Goatdog, how did you affix the radios to the console?? Shimajilosan :beer:

I "sacrificed" that greyish/silver piece of plastic that is the outside of the console sides. I totally cut off the support at the front to feed wires to the control heads that sit on a fab'd bracket in the cup holder dish. For the radios on the side, I drilled holes on the driver side, but...

Here's my setup: Radios (L to R) are: CB - Galaxy 979 HF - Yaesu FT-857D (top) 2m/70cm - Yaesu FT-8800 (bottom) GMRS - Vertex Standard VX-3200 (I change this out for a Kenwood TK-762G when I need MURS capability) The antennas up front: GMRS/MURS - Laird/Antenex dual band (150/450) on a mag...

Kenwood fan I don't know specifics about the Kenwood DNX9960 and nothing about the AVIC, but I totally love my Kenwood DNX8120 in my 2006 T4R. If the 9960 comes close in performance, I would not hesitate to go Kenwood again. :beer:

Black Sunshine :beer: