What did you do to your rig today?

[MzPriss 59]

My new ride is living up to her Jeep reputation.  Don't even have the real plate on her yet and she got a new serpentine belt today.  Good news is, I think I can do it by myself the next time, and have a spare just in case.

[Lichen 65]

I began ripping out the National Luna Duel Battery system today.  Gremlins had invaded it leading to battery discharge.  I just throw the charger on the 11 year old yellow top when it gets low.

Edited June 14 by Lichen

[theksmith 1,691]

3 hours ago, Lichen said:

I began ripping out the National Luna Duel Battery system today.  Gremlins had invaded it leading to battery discharge.  I just throw the charger on the 11 year old yellow top when it gets low.

 

how do you know the National Luna system was acting up and not just a tired old battery? i mean 11 years old?! in Phoenix!?!?

 

[Lichen 65]

20 hours ago, theksmith said:

I have had something draining both batteries since I installed the system.  I found a youtube video explaining that the dash readout should be unplugged or turned off whenever the car sits for a couple of days or it will put a drain on the battery.  Duh.  I did, but I screwed up something and the whole system shut down.  I decided not to remove the system, just unhook it for now.  Both batteries now holding their charge.  It's too hot to screw around with it now.

 

how do you know the National Luna system was acting up and not just a tired old battery? i mean 11 years old?! in Phoenix!?!?

 

 

[Stacey and Scott 441]

A little perspective, the day we drove off the lot, July 2017, to a month or two ago.

 

[Lichen 65]

I finally installed the duel voltage gauge that has been sitting around for a good year.  It's the one that K-Smith installed.  It probably took him 10 minutes, but I stretched it out to a week.  It works! (sometimes I amaze myself).  I'll let it sit a day and see how much the voltage drops.  If it does, I can just pull it out and unhook the ground wire.