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Rick I'll send you a text. Thanks for the offer!
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Congrats Chris! I can help out a day or two on the weekends if you some help.
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Thanks everyone!!! It's officially official!
http://www.fourwheeler.com/ultimate...-invited-reader-number-two-chris-paul-ua2017/
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That's awesome!
haha and your going to roll up in a exo cage H3 on D70's by the time the event starts and blow people outta the water!!
haha and your going to roll up in a exo cage H3 on D70's by the time the event starts and blow people outta the water!!
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Just saw this today on 4 Wheeler Network.
Congratulations!!!
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06 H3
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Thank you!
An update, brakes...H3 brakes work awesome. There's things GM did wrong things they did right on the H3 and brakes were done right! They stop 40s on a dime...so I wanted to retain them...I took ruffstuff brackets.
Cut off the ears (you can see the ABS sensor bracket)
I drilled out the holes and welded in M14 1.5 nuts...since the caliper bolts are that size.
Bolted them up to the caliper and then modified and cut away until they fit perfectly.
Once they fit and they are welded em. Shoot em with some paint and done!
Also the axle is under the truck!
It's a big axle! Lots of things to clear...after looking at my brothers D60 under his JK and my D70 the housing is bigger and I believe it would be a tight fit no matter what rig it goes under but it does appear to work and fit. I will need a new track bar with a bend in it so that's for this weekend as well as finishing up the other brake bracket. I gotta get a ton done this weekend!
An update, brakes...H3 brakes work awesome. There's things GM did wrong things they did right on the H3 and brakes were done right! They stop 40s on a dime...so I wanted to retain them...I took ruffstuff brackets.
Cut off the ears (you can see the ABS sensor bracket)
I drilled out the holes and welded in M14 1.5 nuts...since the caliper bolts are that size.
Bolted them up to the caliper and then modified and cut away until they fit perfectly.
Once they fit and they are welded em. Shoot em with some paint and done!
Also the axle is under the truck!
It's a big axle! Lots of things to clear...after looking at my brothers D60 under his JK and my D70 the housing is bigger and I believe it would be a tight fit no matter what rig it goes under but it does appear to work and fit. I will need a new track bar with a bend in it so that's for this weekend as well as finishing up the other brake bracket. I gotta get a ton done this weekend!
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Congrats Chris, thats awesome.
06 H3
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Thank you!
An update. I'm home and doing work on the hummer. Bumper is off, got a warn winch to install. Brake brackets are completed. Started rugged radio install...they are using rugged race radios as the new communication system since CB's are considered old technology. I won't be uninstalling my CB I plan to have both! Tacked on track bar bracket, made new tie rod, new ram is on for my ram assist since my last one encountered a rock before I made a ram skid [emoji85]lots to do still. Tomorrow I gotta make a track bar which involves a bend so that will be fun. Also wanna finish the cage.
An update. I'm home and doing work on the hummer. Bumper is off, got a warn winch to install. Brake brackets are completed. Started rugged radio install...they are using rugged race radios as the new communication system since CB's are considered old technology. I won't be uninstalling my CB I plan to have both! Tacked on track bar bracket, made new tie rod, new ram is on for my ram assist since my last one encountered a rock before I made a ram skid [emoji85]lots to do still. Tomorrow I gotta make a track bar which involves a bend so that will be fun. Also wanna finish the cage.
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Cage is welded on! Just gotta do frame tie in but it's done otherwise! Hummer is on the ground!!! Not driving, well backed it out of the driveway to clean and back in...lots of loose bolts and I gotta bleed the brakes...I removed a caliper when making the caliper brackets and the one caliper I removed I can't get the air out of the damn thing...any suggestions? I have a line lock between the hardline and soft line. Maybe temporarily remove it? Could that cause an issue? Or run a vaccum bleeder? Either way track bar was made, had to put a bend in it. Cage is welded on all steering, welding, ram mount on axle end, setting up hubs, tie rod, etc lots of stuff done today.
Either way it's on the ground! I was going to replace the radiator since my 150 dollar eBay one was running hotter the stock but when I pulled off the bumper I realized the condenser was CAKED in mud and dirt....it was bad! Really bad....
Either way it's on the ground! I was going to replace the radiator since my 150 dollar eBay one was running hotter the stock but when I pulled off the bumper I realized the condenser was CAKED in mud and dirt....it was bad! Really bad....
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I hate bleeding brakes, even with a vacuum bleeder I can never seem to get all the air out, and I swear it's just getting worse with the fancier brake systems on the newer vehicles.
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You have to have the key on to bleed the brakes. The H3 uses an electric booster. The traditional two-man method works good but you got to have the booster energized.
A reverse bleeder works well too. It fills the line via the bleeder valve, which is the lowest point in the system. As you pump the fluid in...you are pushing any bubbles back to the master cylinder. This is the high point and the bubbles want to naturally migrate there. So you are shoving the fluid the direction the bubbles want to travel, rather than trying to push them upstream.
If you have a doctor or nurse friend, have her/him swipe a large syringe. Get 12" of clear aquarium hose and that is pretty much all you need. Fill the syringe and purge the air out, then connect the hose to the bleeder. Open the bleeder and pump the entire volume of the syringe into the caliper. When the plunger bottoms out, close the bleeder and refill the syringe, and repeat. Keep an eye on the master cylinder as it will tend to over flow as the new fluid arrives from the port you are bleeding.
A reverse bleeder works well too. It fills the line via the bleeder valve, which is the lowest point in the system. As you pump the fluid in...you are pushing any bubbles back to the master cylinder. This is the high point and the bubbles want to naturally migrate there. So you are shoving the fluid the direction the bubbles want to travel, rather than trying to push them upstream.
If you have a doctor or nurse friend, have her/him swipe a large syringe. Get 12" of clear aquarium hose and that is pretty much all you need. Fill the syringe and purge the air out, then connect the hose to the bleeder. Open the bleeder and pump the entire volume of the syringe into the caliper. When the plunger bottoms out, close the bleeder and refill the syringe, and repeat. Keep an eye on the master cylinder as it will tend to over flow as the new fluid arrives from the port you are bleeding.
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Very cool Chris, keep up all the hard work...:corn:
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Chris, ^^^ reminded me, do you still have A/C?
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Yes, I still have A/C 
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Can you elaborate more on this? Would love to have my vehicle ready in case I we're to go off-road with a group that had these radios.
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06 H3
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LOL oh the memories!!
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Sure, the rugged radio company has handhelds (which I used in the past) and mobile units (which I just received.) these radios are operating on a different frequency then a CB radio. They go much further. They do run on HAM channels which is one thing I don't understand...how they sell them to people without a license?
One additional thing is that these have access to race channels. I am not sure if a standard HAM does...my Yaesu doesn't go to the additional channels my rugged does.
CB's only go so far. These go MUCH further. When I volunteered at KOH last year we were at the back of Full of hate (FOH trail) it was miles and miles from base camp and we were able to listen in to the info we needed and provide info back to base camp. That was with a 5 watt handheld. The mobile unit is 25 watts.
I'll run both a CB and race radio. I wheel with groups who require a CB and other groups require a race radio.
The rugged handheld is 85 bucks, you can get a knock off beafong for 25 bucks...I'm not sure of the quality difference. From there you can add on a bigger antenna
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I'm not sure, but either they are doing it illegally which will end up with the FCC on them, or its on a band that has secondary privileges for one or the other group (meaning both ham and some other group like the military share the band or sections of it) though the only one I know offhand that this is on is the 60 meter band and it is definitely not the band you'd be using.
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I just looked them up and while the radios themselves are capable of transmitting on the ham bands, they supposedly program them for only certain frequencies that are outside of the ham bands.
I'm not sure if they use custom firmware that locks out user programming (which would allow people to use them on the ham bands), but I also highly question the legality of using the frequencies they have programmed regardless since pretty much everything requires a license of some sort to transmit on unless it's an approved radio (like the FRS radios you can buy at Walmart ).
Looks like they use radios like the Baofengs from China and others that can be programmed for a fairly wide range in the 2m and 440cm ranges.
The problem with the Baofengs is similar to the HID "conversion" bulbs you can get that fit halogen housings, they are only legal to use in very specific applications, but because no one regulates the sale of them then you end up with a bunch of idiots and ignorant people using them in illegal manners and irritate the people around them.
I'm not saying don't do it, just making an observation. I'm a cranky New Englander stuck in the desert who'll yell at kids to get off my lawn.
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I'm not sure if they use custom firmware that locks out user programming (which would allow people to use them on the ham bands), but I also highly question the legality of using the frequencies they have programmed regardless since pretty much everything requires a license of some sort to transmit on unless it's an approved radio (like the FRS radios you can buy at Walmart ).
Looks like they use radios like the Baofengs from China and others that can be programmed for a fairly wide range in the 2m and 440cm ranges.
The problem with the Baofengs is similar to the HID "conversion" bulbs you can get that fit halogen housings, they are only legal to use in very specific applications, but because no one regulates the sale of them then you end up with a bunch of idiots and ignorant people using them in illegal manners and irritate the people around them.
I'm not saying don't do it, just making an observation. I'm a cranky New Englander stuck in the desert who'll yell at kids to get off my lawn.
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^^ what he said.
Bacicaly it's limited frequencies in HAM. Which u need license to operate (HAM). CB/FRS/GMRS is very limited in range. So racing teams needed something to communicate up to ~50 mil range. I ran dual band 2m/440 (50watts)when I go with LandOps crew. In mountains I can hear traffic ~15 mils away.
i had one in GMC when I got it from Mel, but I have no use for it, so I gave it back to ORE.
Bacicaly it's limited frequencies in HAM. Which u need license to operate (HAM). CB/FRS/GMRS is very limited in range. So racing teams needed something to communicate up to ~50 mil range. I ran dual band 2m/440 (50watts)when I go with LandOps crew. In mountains I can hear traffic ~15 mils away.
i had one in GMC when I got it from Mel, but I have no use for it, so I gave it back to ORE.
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Chris, not sure if my skills can help you in any way but I'm happy to help next weekend if you need another set of hands.
I have both radios , my Baofeng has my ham and race channels while my Rugged handheld just has my race chnls . Both are low cost radios , but both have served me well for a couple of years now without issues. The nice thing about the Boafeng is it!s cheap and if you loose it or break it , it's not a huge loss. Rugged now makes a quad band radio with CB channels , not sure how they get all 4 freq's to work off a single antenna ? But then again I'm not a radio geak .