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More work done today, got the copper pipe made for the compressor. Then measured the start up and running current draw. 80 amps on start up and 50 running. Sweet. Had a little air leak, but it's fixed now. Covered the copper and fittings in firesleeve.
Then moved to the water system. Got the pump, accumulator, and filter all mounted up. Then started on making the pex pipes for everything. It came out great, pex was pretty easy to work with. Then mounted up the uv light filter. It's mounted on the side trim panel. The top pipe from the water tank is the vent, it runs up the roll bar and has a air filter on it. Was going to call it a day but pushed on and made the faucet mount. Just waiting for the paint to dry.
I'll start either the wiring or the air lines tomorrow. I accidentally miscalculated the total amperage for the electrical panel, so had to bump up the wire a gauge to 2 awg. Should be perfect. Oh the solar panel need to be mounted up and related stuff for it.
Then moved to the water system. Got the pump, accumulator, and filter all mounted up. Then started on making the pex pipes for everything. It came out great, pex was pretty easy to work with. Then mounted up the uv light filter. It's mounted on the side trim panel. The top pipe from the water tank is the vent, it runs up the roll bar and has a air filter on it. Was going to call it a day but pushed on and made the faucet mount. Just waiting for the paint to dry.
I'll start either the wiring or the air lines tomorrow. I accidentally miscalculated the total amperage for the electrical panel, so had to bump up the wire a gauge to 2 awg. Should be perfect. Oh the solar panel need to be mounted up and related stuff for it.
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Good stuff. The platform and roll bar look great.
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Today, started working on making all the electrical system's wires. Took it super slow today as I was just vibin and tired. Got the bulkhead to bcdc charger wire made, then made the start batt to bulkhead wire. Torqued down all bolts/nuts that I could on the panel. Made the ground wire for the panel and used the empty seat belt bolt as a chassis ground as that is what redarc recommends. But now I need to go up a few sizes on the ground wire from the fender to battery to 1/0 awg. I'll use the 4awg ground to replace (forgot to when I did the big 3/7/10 or whatever) the firewall to engine ground. That should conclude the panel grounding.
Mocked up a house battery master disconnect switch, which I should get done tomorrow after voting. After all that is done, I'll move to making the battery wires, 1/0 awg for everything battery related. Hopefully this week I'll get the wiring or most of it complete. Need to hit the trails soon, getting the itch badly.
Dealing with either pinched nerves in both my elbows causing my thumb, pointer and middle fingers to go painfully numb. Could also be my tendinitis acting up or getting worse. Either way, the work will continue.
Mocked up a house battery master disconnect switch, which I should get done tomorrow after voting. After all that is done, I'll move to making the battery wires, 1/0 awg for everything battery related. Hopefully this week I'll get the wiring or most of it complete. Need to hit the trails soon, getting the itch badly.
Dealing with either pinched nerves in both my elbows causing my thumb, pointer and middle fingers to go painfully numb. Could also be my tendinitis acting up or getting worse. Either way, the work will continue.
phattyduck
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Not a doctor, but it may be a neck issue too - C6 nerve root. That was the issue for a bit for me with a slightly numb pointer finger/thumb. Fixed the neck (stretching and strengthening) and finger effects were fixed.
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@phattyduck thanks for that, I'll look into strengthening and stretches for that part of the neck. Either way it sucks, can't get much sleep these days. Might be time to hit up a doc to see what's going on.
Today the work continued. Got the battery cut off switch mount made (looks great), got all the battery cables made, got the up sized grounds remade (batt to fender upped to 1/0awg and the firewall to back of cylinder head upped to 4awg). Test fit the batteries and they fit perfectly. Also hard wired the air compressor, and wired the solar to the bulkhead. The solar panel will be the last thing installed. So all in all, all the large awg wires were made today. Also torqued the rest of the stuff today as well.
Didn't get to the small wire house side stuff. Probably will tackle that next week. Hopefully it should go quickly, as it doesn't require specific clocking of the lugs before crimping.
Then tonight the switch pros sp9100 decided to freeze up. I'm guessing it was when I was making the new grounds. After dinner I disconnected the negative for a few mins, hooked back up and now it's working properly. That gave me a scare as that thing isn't cheap to replace.
Might mess around with some of the easier wiring jobs tomorrow, fridge, switch controls, mount up the battery cut off.
The lifpo4 battery's need to be fully charged, then connected together for 24 hours to balance all the cells before use, that will be done soon. Before the solar panel gets installed.
Sorry, I'll get pics tomorrow, been hyper-focused to get the stuff done to get pics.
Today the work continued. Got the battery cut off switch mount made (looks great), got all the battery cables made, got the up sized grounds remade (batt to fender upped to 1/0awg and the firewall to back of cylinder head upped to 4awg). Test fit the batteries and they fit perfectly. Also hard wired the air compressor, and wired the solar to the bulkhead. The solar panel will be the last thing installed. So all in all, all the large awg wires were made today. Also torqued the rest of the stuff today as well.
Didn't get to the small wire house side stuff. Probably will tackle that next week. Hopefully it should go quickly, as it doesn't require specific clocking of the lugs before crimping.
Then tonight the switch pros sp9100 decided to freeze up. I'm guessing it was when I was making the new grounds. After dinner I disconnected the negative for a few mins, hooked back up and now it's working properly. That gave me a scare as that thing isn't cheap to replace.
Might mess around with some of the easier wiring jobs tomorrow, fridge, switch controls, mount up the battery cut off.
The lifpo4 battery's need to be fully charged, then connected together for 24 hours to balance all the cells before use, that will be done soon. Before the solar panel gets installed.
Sorry, I'll get pics tomorrow, been hyper-focused to get the stuff done to get pics.
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Well today was a light day, needed to do other things so I installed the batt disconnect switch, wired the fridge and usb charger. Did some other tings like installing the house switch panel with mounting arm. Cleaned up and called it a day.
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Thank you @Posty pretty proud of it if I say so myself. Actually pretty excited as it's almost done, very close. Can't lie though, I'm nervous to test everything out lol. But tomorrow will be more work. What ever I get done lol.
As for the springs, I currently have the lc80 springs that sonoran steel recommends, but if they can't handle the weight (they dropped about 1 inch as the 4runner stands now). I have some dobinsons C59-210v, they are front lc80 stock height extra weight. I'll still be adding a 3 jerry can holder on the bumper, plus what ever accoutremens for camping, also up to 14.5 gallons of water. Saving to buy the welder I've been wanting for a while, as my flux core isn't up to welding the thicker stuff, it's time to upgrade.
As for the springs, I currently have the lc80 springs that sonoran steel recommends, but if they can't handle the weight (they dropped about 1 inch as the 4runner stands now). I have some dobinsons C59-210v, they are front lc80 stock height extra weight. I'll still be adding a 3 jerry can holder on the bumper, plus what ever accoutremens for camping, also up to 14.5 gallons of water. Saving to buy the welder I've been wanting for a while, as my flux core isn't up to welding the thicker stuff, it's time to upgrade.
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Today, was going to work electrical, but got a late start and was pretty tuckered out from work. So with a change of pace I started on the air lines and air chucks. Got the rear chucks mounted to the outboard shock mounts and it's a darn near straight shot across to the other one, so easy hose run! Got the tee installed on the bulkhead, plumbed the rear hoses, then started on the front.
Had a moment lol. For some reason I was committed to run the hose up the pass side, but after laying under the 4runner for 30 mins I finally realized why it was wonky. The exhaust lol. It's hot, and heat plus air hose = melted air lines. Sure I could use fire sleeve, did it tons at my last job. But why go through all that and the drivers side doesn't have the heat issues. So the air hose went up the drivers side.
Got all the way to the front, then I realized why I didn't want to run it up that way. One - my remote oil filter and 2 , 2 10 an lines, mixed with the steering shaft. Crud. It's packed tight in there. But was able to make it work, surprisingly good actually. Ran it up and out the front close to the radiator support. The front pass side, passed just above my oil filter, down to the steering rack and back up the pass side and under the motor mount. Completely clearing the exhaust pipes.
Still covered the pass side in fire sleeve. Tomorrow I will make the air chuck front mounts, blow out the air lines, and then check for leaks. Once that's good, I'll make the rubber hose extensions. Better then fighting 20 plus feet of hose in the mud, dirt and dust. The morrflate system is cool, but it takes up to much space. I'll have 4, 3 foot (guessing length for now) pieces now that won't be dragged through the mud and dirt.
All that wall of text and all I have is one pic to show for all the work lol. Oh and my rack is leaking more now. I have a new oem one, but need to get a new pump. I'm torn between oem (350+) or a aisin unit from rock auto (250ish), don't know which one to go with. Is the oem toyota made by aisin?
Got to pick up some nylock 8-32 nuts tomorrow.
Had a moment lol. For some reason I was committed to run the hose up the pass side, but after laying under the 4runner for 30 mins I finally realized why it was wonky. The exhaust lol. It's hot, and heat plus air hose = melted air lines. Sure I could use fire sleeve, did it tons at my last job. But why go through all that and the drivers side doesn't have the heat issues. So the air hose went up the drivers side.
Got all the way to the front, then I realized why I didn't want to run it up that way. One - my remote oil filter and 2 , 2 10 an lines, mixed with the steering shaft. Crud. It's packed tight in there. But was able to make it work, surprisingly good actually. Ran it up and out the front close to the radiator support. The front pass side, passed just above my oil filter, down to the steering rack and back up the pass side and under the motor mount. Completely clearing the exhaust pipes.
Still covered the pass side in fire sleeve. Tomorrow I will make the air chuck front mounts, blow out the air lines, and then check for leaks. Once that's good, I'll make the rubber hose extensions. Better then fighting 20 plus feet of hose in the mud, dirt and dust. The morrflate system is cool, but it takes up to much space. I'll have 4, 3 foot (guessing length for now) pieces now that won't be dragged through the mud and dirt.
All that wall of text and all I have is one pic to show for all the work lol. Oh and my rack is leaking more now. I have a new oem one, but need to get a new pump. I'm torn between oem (350+) or a aisin unit from rock auto (250ish), don't know which one to go with. Is the oem toyota made by aisin?
Got to pick up some nylock 8-32 nuts tomorrow.
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Got all the air lines and chucks done today. Checked for air leaks, none! Perfect. Made the 5 wire inverter harness and switch plate, now to terminate the ends with wire ferrules. A few more wire jobs and it will be done. Super excited to be honest.
