Recent content by jimothy

Splicing seemed like less work, but yes, that’s also an option. Maybe I’ll do that one day.

Even though I just installed a fancy starting battery, I recognize the truth of what you suggest. It may be the better approach. So why did I go the lithium route? If it works out, there’s something elegant about the idea of one battery to rule them all. One battery to start the truck, power my...

Prior to 2021, they went by the name Laramie Longhorn Edition. Starting in 2021, they became Limited Longhorn Edition. But to me it always has been, and always will be, simply Longhorn.

Stock wires wouldn’t reach the terminals. Mostly due to the DL being taller, but also being narrow. The cables had further to reach. If there’s an alternative to cutting and splicing…now you tell me! 🤪

Here's a shot of the equipment I used to splice the wires, or at least most of it. Most of this I had on hand already, including the crimper, from other projects/misadventures. Temco dieless crimper; this was the most expensive single item here, at around $80 (I got this refurb a few years...

I have a few more details on the What did you do to your Ram today? thread. Basically, the Dakota Lithium batter has these three advantages: 70-125% higher capacity (135Ah), compared to 60-80 Ah in the Antigravity Self-heating, for charging below freezing. Slightly lower price, but...

I added a small Govee thermometer into the engine bay battery box, to track temperatures as I worry about my new LiFePO4 starting battery. It's stuck the the box with 3M Dual Lock, which is like an industrial strength velcro. It's powered by a single AAA battery; the velcro makes it easy to...

I know. How much time is the question.

Posted in another thread, but I installed a Dakota Lithium 135Ah battery this weekend. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend you follow my lead: this is a Group 24 size battery, not H7 or H8, so it requires extending the battery wires to reach the terminals. So far, so good. I’ve tweaked some IBS...

I replaced my stock battery with a dual purpose (starter and deep cycle) lithium (LiFePO4) battery. Dakota Lithium 135Ah, 1000 CCA. I need to do some more testing with it and tweak some IBS parameters with JScan, but so far, so good. I went with Dakota Lithium over Antigravity for three main...

I’ve bookmarked that extremely helpful post. It links to this Google Doc.

You live too far away, otherwise I would.

Cute! Though he looks more like an Ewok to me.

Sorry, I missed that part. If you plan on running 295/70R18, you’ll definitely need some sort of lift or level. That’s a 34.3 x 11.6” tire, though the Yokohama is a bit oversized; they spec it at 34.6 x 11.9. That’s as tall as stock TRX tires, but not as wide.

We did it, guys! Edit: oops, I meant to reply to a different post from @boogielander , but the point stands: we convinced him to let go of the bubble screen!