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08-17-2010, 05:19 PM
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Radio Stuff
thanks much for the info i will try this when i get home. radio stations are easy to re-create, not many saved, do you think i will lose all the music i have loaded to the internal hard drive? some of that was loaned disks and i know i cant redo those....well either way it's just some music...more to come....
08-17-2010, 05:21 PM
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08-17-2010, 06:10 PM
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Dual Battery Impulse Purchase - Update
Thought I'd let you guys know that after wringing my hands over whether to order the Benchmark Dual Battery setup and chance delayed shipment, etc., etc., I've decided to just buy one (singular) Die Hard Platinum battery.
Dual batteries seemed like a great idea after I read about some guy who knew this other guy, whose girlfriend's second cousin had an uncle who was in the middle of the Amazon basin when his battery went dead - he had to make a deal with head-hunters to canoe him out, and he barely escaped with his life. Dual batteries would have prevented that near death experience. Then I read about how some guy, with dual batteries, welded two Jeeps together using his Ready Welder when they broke down on some remote trail, helping everyone to return safely home, and I thought - "Yeah, that's what I want to do."
Well, like I said above, thank goodness Benchmark is having these, hopefully, temporary issues, because after the excitement from reading those neat stories started to wane, I realized that dual batteries, although probably nice to have, weren't really a necessity. For one, I don't even know how to weld . . . and that's one of the greatest advantages to running dual batteries - the ability to power a Ready Welder. As for accessories, I don't play a lot of amplified music when the Jeep is turned off, and I don't plan on installing a refrigerator in Wilbur any time soon, so I really don't have a large power draw requirement that needs to be met.
Good news is I saved the $400 for the dual system w/ isolator, plus another $150 for the extra battery. That turns out to be about the same price as new gears . . . hmmm.
Dual batteries seemed like a great idea after I read about some guy who knew this other guy, whose girlfriend's second cousin had an uncle who was in the middle of the Amazon basin when his battery went dead - he had to make a deal with head-hunters to canoe him out, and he barely escaped with his life. Dual batteries would have prevented that near death experience. Then I read about how some guy, with dual batteries, welded two Jeeps together using his Ready Welder when they broke down on some remote trail, helping everyone to return safely home, and I thought - "Yeah, that's what I want to do."
Well, like I said above, thank goodness Benchmark is having these, hopefully, temporary issues, because after the excitement from reading those neat stories started to wane, I realized that dual batteries, although probably nice to have, weren't really a necessity. For one, I don't even know how to weld . . . and that's one of the greatest advantages to running dual batteries - the ability to power a Ready Welder. As for accessories, I don't play a lot of amplified music when the Jeep is turned off, and I don't plan on installing a refrigerator in Wilbur any time soon, so I really don't have a large power draw requirement that needs to be met.
Good news is I saved the $400 for the dual system w/ isolator, plus another $150 for the extra battery. That turns out to be about the same price as new gears . . . hmmm.
08-17-2010, 06:20 PM
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Thought I'd let you guys know that after wringing my hands over whether to order the Benchmark Dual Battery setup and chance delayed shipment, etc., etc., I've decided to just buy one (singular) Die Hard Platinum battery.
Dual batteries seemed like a great idea after I read about some guy who knew this other guy, whose girlfriend's second cousin had an uncle who was in the middle of the Amazon basin when his battery went dead - he had to make a deal with head-hunters to canoe him out, and he barely escaped with his life. Dual batteries would have prevented that near death experience. Then I read about how some guy, with dual batteries, welded two Jeeps together using his Ready Welder when they broke down on some remote trail, helping everyone to return safely home, and I thought - "Yeah, that's what I want to do."
Well, like I said above, thank goodness Benchmark is having these, hopefully, temporary issues, because after the excitement from reading those neat stories started to wane, I realized that dual batteries, although probably nice to have, weren't really a necessity. For one, I don't even know how to weld . . . and that's one of the greatest advantages to running dual batteries - the ability to power a Ready Welder. As for accessories, I don't play a lot of amplified music when the Jeep is turned off, and I don't plan on installing a refrigerator in Wilbur any time soon, so I really don't have a large power draw requirement that needs to be met.
Good news is I saved the $400 for the dual system w/ isolator, plus another $150 for the extra battery. That turns out to be about the same price as new gears . . . hmmm.
Dual batteries seemed like a great idea after I read about some guy who knew this other guy, whose girlfriend's second cousin had an uncle who was in the middle of the Amazon basin when his battery went dead - he had to make a deal with head-hunters to canoe him out, and he barely escaped with his life. Dual batteries would have prevented that near death experience. Then I read about how some guy, with dual batteries, welded two Jeeps together using his Ready Welder when they broke down on some remote trail, helping everyone to return safely home, and I thought - "Yeah, that's what I want to do."
Well, like I said above, thank goodness Benchmark is having these, hopefully, temporary issues, because after the excitement from reading those neat stories started to wane, I realized that dual batteries, although probably nice to have, weren't really a necessity. For one, I don't even know how to weld . . . and that's one of the greatest advantages to running dual batteries - the ability to power a Ready Welder. As for accessories, I don't play a lot of amplified music when the Jeep is turned off, and I don't plan on installing a refrigerator in Wilbur any time soon, so I really don't have a large power draw requirement that needs to be met.
Good news is I saved the $400 for the dual system w/ isolator, plus another $150 for the extra battery. That turns out to be about the same price as new gears . . . hmmm.
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08-17-2010, 07:41 PM
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Roadforce Tire Balance
After reading the below testimonial, I can understand why you were searching for this type of tire/wheel balancing.
Ok. So I had them roadforced by a different shop today. Very knowlegable tech/owner. All were out of balance. 1 is junk. It is on the spare now. And I will be getting it replaced by the original shop. One balanced with just a little weight the other three took more but OK. I only had 2 thousand miles on them.
Rides as good as can be expected. (Not as smooth as my Grand Cherokee but pretty good) I still have them at 35 psi but there are no more wobbles, thumps and shimmys.
I just hope it lasts.
I am still amazed that as aggressive as these tires look they are fairly quiet..more of a low growl than the high pitch noise of my last set of Mastercrafts.
He did print me out some stuff from the balancer that shows what the tires did on the machine. Pretty Cool. I now have a much better understanding of what a real tire installer goes through. I was there for an hour and a half. He ended up spinning the junk one on the rim 3 times but it would never balance out right or pass the road-force.
So there is my saga. Hope it helps someone.
Rides as good as can be expected. (Not as smooth as my Grand Cherokee but pretty good) I still have them at 35 psi but there are no more wobbles, thumps and shimmys.
I just hope it lasts.I am still amazed that as aggressive as these tires look they are fairly quiet..more of a low growl than the high pitch noise of my last set of Mastercrafts.
He did print me out some stuff from the balancer that shows what the tires did on the machine. Pretty Cool. I now have a much better understanding of what a real tire installer goes through. I was there for an hour and a half. He ended up spinning the junk one on the rim 3 times but it would never balance out right or pass the road-force.
So there is my saga. Hope it helps someone.
08-17-2010, 08:37 PM
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ok here is the skinny. I have to go to ATL on friday with a friend and will be returning saturday morning. If I'm home before 1, I'll be there to go riding. If not, catch yall next time
08-18-2010, 04:49 AM
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08-18-2010, 05:07 AM
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and the story continues.....
Denny would have to answer this one. I have the version just below the "top of the line" MyGig option, and I hardly know how to turn it on, much less load music, etc into it (if no one believes me - ask Denny and Steve).
Probably true Ed, but I believe Robin can accomplish what she needs by merely removing the negative cable, carefully setting it aside, waiting 5 minutes, then re-attaching. If not, we'll have her try removing both cables, and touching them together to reset the ECU.
Probably true Ed, but I believe Robin can accomplish what she needs by merely removing the negative cable, carefully setting it aside, waiting 5 minutes, then re-attaching. If not, we'll have her try removing both cables, and touching them together to reset the ECU.
part 2: backed out of the driveway this morning, started down the road, my compass pointing the wrong direction and the "my files" bottons are once again grayed out and not available
damn electrons...ok, so im going to try the touching the two cables together tonight and see if i can get a "re-set" from that....and if not, im just going to forget about it...well maybe
08-18-2010, 07:27 AM
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