Forum: General Sportsmobile
04-15-2024, 06:28 PM
|
|
Replies: 19
Views: 781
|
|
Forum: General Sportsmobile
04-14-2024, 02:54 PM
|
|
Replies: 19
Views: 781
surfnturf,
Ditto what previous posters have...
surfnturf,
Ditto what previous posters have said. I think you're getting some solid advice here. I would just add the following notes from our personal experience with our Silver Kitten (YMMV):...
|
|
Forum: Van Body
04-14-2024, 02:03 PM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 166
shevanigans,
As you may already have...
shevanigans,
As you may already have discovered, Energy Suspension makes an awful lot of polyurethane body mounts for Ford F-150, F-250, and F-350 trucks.
Given Ford's slight tendency to use...
|
|
Forum: Projects, Modifications and Known Issues
04-14-2024, 01:22 PM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 673
Big_ern_101,
Glad to hear that you're...
Big_ern_101,
Glad to hear that you're pleased with your RedHead rebuild!
Our RedHead-rebuilt steering box was a bit tight at first, but it slowly loosened up over the next 5,000 miles or so to...
|
|
Forum: Welcome Mat
04-14-2024, 01:02 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 578
|
|
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
04-14-2024, 12:56 PM
|
|
Replies: 29
Views: 1,008
dbhosttexas,
Since this thread is now well...
dbhosttexas,
Since this thread is now well down the "rabbit hole" of our "first computers", I'll first inject a quick shout-out to those home-brew machines of the mid-1970's - including the ones...
|
|
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
04-08-2024, 03:28 PM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 298
PDXDave,
For what it's worth . . .
It...
PDXDave,
For what it's worth . . .
It seems that there have been at least two different "factory" battery tray configurations from SMB, as our 2002 RB E-350-based SMB came with two "coach"...
|
|
Forum: Show & Tell
04-01-2024, 02:01 PM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 1,106
Whups! I guess my slip is showing . . .
DesertEagle56,
Thank you for catching this typo!
I didn't see my mistake until you pointed it out, and by then it was too late to edit it out of the original post . . .
To clarify, we are...
|
|
Forum: Show & Tell
03-31-2024, 12:36 PM
|
|
Replies: 13
Views: 1,106
ebike toter,
Just for reference: our 2002...
ebike toter,
Just for reference: our 2002 Quigley 4X4 SMB with a totally stock 7.3L Powerstroke diesel linked to the 265/75R15 tires (BFG K02's) on sketchy Eagle rims by a stock-but-rebuilt 4R100...
|
|
Forum: Welcome Mat
03-15-2024, 01:20 PM
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 563
|
|
Forum: General Sportsmobile
01-29-2024, 10:32 AM
|
|
Replies: 29
Views: 2,296
|
|
Forum: Projects, Modifications and Known Issues
12-28-2023, 10:50 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,188
|
|
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
12-28-2023, 10:31 AM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 716
If the "replaced" interior bulbs were...
If the "replaced" interior bulbs were incandescent, then intermittent operation might not be too much of a surprise, as coiled tungsten filaments are a little bit springy, but ultimately made of a...
|
|
Forum: Show & Tell
12-21-2023, 10:36 AM
|
|
Replies: 8
Views: 972
|
|
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
11-19-2023, 10:41 AM
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 602
DB,
The approach that comes first to my mind...
DB,
The approach that comes first to my mind would be applying a heat gun to the inside floor of the battery box to soften either the plastic of the box itself, or possibly soften the adhesive...
|
|
Forum: Welcome Mat
11-19-2023, 10:18 AM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 716
|
|
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
11-12-2023, 10:30 AM
|
|
Replies: 7
Views: 513
Re: "I love massively oversized."
kbeefy,
Couldn't agree more!
Electrical power supply design is too often given insufficient consideration - which leads to unhappiness later . . .
I always try to remember the maxims:
...
|
|
Forum: Welcome Mat
10-21-2023, 07:59 AM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 969
|
|
Forum: Welcome Mat
10-19-2023, 12:29 PM
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 756
Welcome to the forum Pimpon!
I'm sure that...
Welcome to the forum Pimpon!
I'm sure that the folks on this forum will their very best to interpret any "Google Translate" postings. My knowledge of the French language is bad, but I ran this...
|
|
Forum: 4x4
10-19-2023, 11:56 AM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 2,972
|
|
Forum: Electrical and Electronics
10-19-2023, 11:44 AM
|
|
Replies: 17
Views: 1,597
@scuba,
One of the most helpful tools I've...
@scuba,
One of the most helpful tools I've found when solving automotive electrical mysteries is a small D.C. clamp-on ammeter. They're uncommon, but they actually do exist! The one I use most...
|
|
Forum: 4x4
10-10-2023, 11:45 AM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 2,972
Second Picture Posting Attempt
Okay, let's try that again, using the URL links to the pictures in my gallery.
Below should be links to two pictures, one of our Eagle wheels, and one of the air pressure limitation cast into...
|
|
Forum: 4x4
10-05-2023, 03:36 PM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 2,972
|
|
Forum: 4x4
10-05-2023, 03:33 PM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 2,972
SierraHawk,
Yeah, the process of posting...
SierraHawk,
Yeah, the process of posting pictures on the SMB Forum is pretty clunky. The last time I checked, you had to minimize the file size of each photo (max. 100 kB), add them to your...
|
|
Forum: 4x4
10-05-2023, 12:24 PM
|
|
Replies: 26
Views: 2,972
doublevan2 / SierraHawk2,
Hmmmmmm . . ....
doublevan2 / SierraHawk2,
Hmmmmmm . . . cracking and catastrophic failure of alloy rims???
This is troubling - albeit not unheard of in extreme situations. I don't want to derail this thread,...
|
