Another great deed by The Knight on a Black Steed........
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Another great deed by The Knight on a Black Steed........
Just a few more littlw things before I takeoff for the Cape
Diff breathers, got a kit off ebay delivered for $23 just lucky my Jeep wasnt a cruiser because the the supplied amout of blue hose was just enough to do my little shorty
I found somewhere to stow 2 jerry's and 1 x spare skin / tyre
Installed the Engel fridge that I borrowed - bit of a tight squeeze but thankfully I can reach in with my gorilla arms - should be able to get to the grub without having to pull it out of my Jeep (decided I wasnt going to afford a slider
3 or 4 more days of work and Jax & I will be on our way!
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dont mean to rain on your ideas but how are you meant to use your tent, dont they open backwards over the back of the jeep? or have you turned it around to open another way.
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Originally Posted by aussiejk
my rtt opens out the back - the jerry's and spare tyre will be stored under my jeep at night - all i did was get a plastic pallet , cut it down to size to fit between my roof bars! too easy and not too heavy!
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Ok lol i was just curious :)
do you have a hard top hunty? it might be more comfy for the dust etc.....
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Originally Posted by reyzor
Yep I have a hard top - its in storage (so its basically brand new) I thought of using it but I really like to have the side off under the awning whilst I camp! - re dust - I will either be first or last LoL
Those of you who drive a lifted JK with muddies & soft top will know how noisy they can be at 110kph - I can barely talk to my beautiful Passenger / wife Jax and as some of you know I am heading up to the Cape tomorrow, My JK is so loud that I have to turn up the stereo to 25-30 just to hear it, which over a long drive (25-30hrs just to Cairns) will cause some serious fatigue & deafness LoL.
I wanted to add a communications system or something to my JK that would allow me to talk to the Mrs (kinda like the rally navigator com system)
I wanted to also include my CB & phone, so again with a fist full of sm@rt@$$ pills I began to dream. Heres what I came up with;
I purchased a Pilot / Aviation comms system off Ebay ($35), 2 noise cancelling Pilot headsets with Gel muffs ($105) and a 6 pin Uniden compatible CB mic plug ($4).
I began to reverse engineer the Aviation comms system and discovered that the 2 headset plugs are wired fairly straight forward, the regular size 6.5 Jack is wired conventionally ring tip sleeve = left right shield (too easy).
The slightly smaller jack plug (Mic) is wired sleeve = earth, ring = Mic hot and tip = push to talk.
I then pulled apart my Uniden CB mic plug & microphone and tried to figure out what was going on inside the mic (because my mic has call & instant buttons on it). I discovered that the 6 pin contained; Mic in, PTT, Earth, Audio out and control for the channel up down inst and call, = perfect.
I wired up the Aviation system to the Uniden 6pin plug and it all worked perfectly NOT LoL - several attempts later (OK 8) my dumb@ssnes got all the wires on the right pins!
So heres what I ended up with;
Vox operated Comms so I can talk with my wife as we drive.
Ipod input so whilst I drve I can talk with my wife and enjoy music!
Iphone integration so I can answer calls whilst I drive and talk (Vox) with my wife! and callers.
CB integration so I can talk with my wife & listen to music & listen to the CB and answer calls from my Iphone and....... talk on my CB! - & If I choose all at the same time and the person on the phone can't hear the person on the CB & vice versa - only down side is wearing the headset and the Mrs can hear my phone calls!
ps the Headsets that I bought have a 3.5 mini jack on the side so If I really wanted the mrs & I could listen to different music as we drive and still be able to talk to each other!
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Good thing you worked all that out there Hunty. Had i know i would have given you a set up I used on my bike for the Mrs & me that i no longer use. But since you worked all that out & it works & its in the JEEP, let us know how it goes!
Have a safe trip mate.
Eddy
Your tires must be f@$ked mine is fine 15 on the radio drowns out the tire noise... I run Cooper sst muddies if that's your case I would ditch the bfs