2020 Power Wagon, Short Trip Overland Build

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Other Notes: Chemical Guys TVD_109_16 powdercoat, anything plastic, rubber, exterior.
Undercarriage Coating: Chemical Guys Bare Bone, spray wait a few hours rinse with carwash sprayer(water only)
Squeaky Door: believe it or not..... fluid film. Tried everything else, it all lasted maybe 1-2 weeks, fluid film, 8 weeks later, silent still, didn't take much at all.
Engine Tick: Want it gone then use, Schaeffers Oil. Had slight tick for the first few minutes of a cold start, now.....nothing, pure silence. As a bonus its MS-12633 compliant, so it meets Stellantis requirements for oil.

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Planned:
ARB Breather: front diff, tcase and transmission. Gonna be a pain in the ass routing that.
Front Truss & Lower Shock Mounts: Thuren truss and Carli lower shock mounts
Dash Cam: going with a go pro in loop mode.
Skid Set: Dethloff Mfg has a complete set, trans/oil, transfer case and 3 bar replacement. Dethloff Skid Kits
Comms: Yaesu FT-891 + ATAS-120A Antenna or outbacker Antenna, HF baby...long distance ...mobile.

Miscellaneous Mods/Ideas:
Spare tire stuff: Swingout bumper or in the bed(thinking on replacing shell with a Smartcap then store spare in bed with a slide.
Garmin Camera Install for shell, have it will install when I run power to the shell.
70amp run to shell with distribution block with Garmin Powerswitch.(relocated from engine bay)
1010 bar for internal shell framework for storage, firstaid kits tools jacks etc.
Old school floor foot brights clicker, except this will cycle between amber high, white high and off. So doable with some breadboard work and a few transistors.

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In the Middle of:
Dielectric Grease: all fittings below the door handles.

Side Note: a small syringe(no needle) injects just the right amount of grease into the female side of the connector, q-tips for the male side.​

Completed so far: Rear locker connector, swaybar connector, 4 LP9's, XL's, ditch and fog.
Planned: front locker, thinking about the large wire harness's behind the wheel well liners for the front(driver and passenger side)

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Completed:
Odessey AGM Battery: ODP-AGM94R H7 L4 (94R-850 (LN4-H7))
Rear Bumper: Expedition One, dual swingout.
Yankum Ropes: Brummel loop rope and fairlead, no more metal. Yankum Ropes
Jiri's Wheel Trim Kit: gained about 1.1" of clearance, 37x13.5's not even close.
Decked Storage, absolutely great
Rear Locker Cable: extended and rerouted next to brake lines, Molex Harley Connector 6pin MX150
Behind Back Seat mod, driver side only...adding a basic cargo net.
Lighting: SwitchPros + NH Overland Sunglass storage mount for the panel.
Communication: Ham radio Kenwood TM-D710G (2m/70cm, GPS/APRS) fully open TNC, possibly HF later but don't think its really needed. (antenna bracket and main unit mounted under steering column)
Front Bumper: Expedition One bumper with Baja Designs XL Pro fog lights.
Suspension: Carli Pintop +R2 Coils(rear), Thuren Rear Trackbar, Carli Front Trackbar
Steering: Synergy Drag Link & Tie Rod. Fox TS steering stabilzer, added the Synergy relocation plate, its within 0.300" of the carli location and its better built.
CKMA12 + bluetooth controller (PCM): NH Overland engine mount bracket.(installed, now for brackets and air lines). Tapped F65(Inverter/USB) to provide "enable" signal for compressor/pcm module then the powerswitch controls a relay to turn the compressor on/off. Brackets installed, interrupted during airline install.
ARB Pressure Control: program can be side-loaded from sd card to Garmin Overlander, this means keeping control of system (powerswitch and arb pressure control) on one device. Crashed once but after that no crash and complete control.
Shift Knob T-Case: Shift Solutions
Radio/Shifter and Lighting Knobs: AJT Designs
Bed Additions: ARE CX HD Shell & BajaRack Megamule.(bearly fits), this may change...will change, RSi Smartcap, Adv version.
Shoes: Method 315's Ram Edition (+25mm OS) + Falcon Wildpeak R/T01 37x13.5r17 E2, Procal Snap setting: 354, speed is on-spot. pressure 45/40, warmed up at 75° f.
Forward Lighting: Baja Designs LP9 Pro's x4 & Garmin PowerSwitch/Switchpros for compressor and lighting(wanted a pushbutton panel), so worth the price. 44k lumens is MORE than enough, aka went overboard......*LP9 Running lights tie into cab clearance/width markers. (Fuse 79, mini fuse taps)
Ditch Lights: Baja Designs a-pillar ditch light brackets + XL Pro's, another 9.8k lumens. (Routing was done by removing the center push pin in the cowl clips and using a wide flange stainless steel sheet metal screw and harness clip, seemed like a clean way to go.)
Trans Skid Plate: Dethloff Mfg.
Sliders: White Knuckle Off-road
Front/Rear Diff Covers: AEV Rear Diff Cover and AEV Front Diff Cover
Plastic removal on various underbody parts including that front useless air dam
Resonator delete. Needs to be cleaned up a bit.

Side Notes:
AGM batteries, specifically Odyssey. So I contacted Odyssey technical support. This is a copy and past of their response.

In a starting application such as your truck, our recommended charge voltage is between 14.1 and 14.5 volts.

Actual measurements:

That being said here are some measurements from my truck, charging. min: 14.11, max: 14.29, avg 14.22.

*Starting current max is 315.6 amps, call it 316. This is for those wanting a second battery install in sizing the appropriate cables.

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Garmin Overlander Sideloaded Apps

Garmin App now CarPlay and Android Auto.

so quick update, got a garmin overlander for offline maps etc.....noticed "powerswitch" icon, so found out garmin makes a digital wireless switch. Long story short, got one installed it.
Observations so far:
1. uses the garmin overlander screen or your phone(or a spare phone, everyone has plenty of those around), no need for secondary screen(spod is a bit smaller than this)
2. has 6 channels, 2 channels less than spod, however you can wirelessly control more than one unit(big plus)
3. footprint of controller unit is half the size of a bantamx.
4. has 2 digital inputs, like 3.3 to 18 volt turn on, you can actually define what software switches are turned on by these......seriously considering a footswitch so I can flash idiots that don't get the point of turn your high beams off. spod has 8 I believe, but 2 are used for very specific conditions.
5. both have a 30amp max load per channel
6. garmin has a "fused main", spod has a "resetable fuse main"(a breaker probably)...so spod wins that one
7. spod has electronically fused resetable outputs, not sure garmin does, tried finding info, there is none. My guess is they do, but that being said I might inline fuse anyways. Aha ...found some info
Electrical Circuit Protections
8. spod is hardwired to screen, garmin in bluetooth.

.......side note, didn't mean to sound a like a review or compare, but I think people would like to know the similarities and differences between the two.

 

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Garmin Overland Sideload App list: These work with the Overlander once sideloaded
1. NA7Q's APRS Droid
2. SwitchPros
3. Pressure Controller

 

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GoPro Info
Use Labs to setup autorecord on movement, you can set the camera up to run the config script at boot.

 

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Link to BantamX/Baja Designs thread. LP9/BantamX Thread

 

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well after the rains, leak in cab. Found gps and xm radio antennas...loose, really loose. Used clear silicone caulk to seal em. Also going to seal the cab markers, these are easy to do, the screws come in from the top.

 

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Communications:

APRSDroid + TM-D710ga:
Got it to work in packet12, messaging works, lat/long works maps no problem. I have it installed on my Garmin Overlander. Below is the fork of APRSDroid and the config file to make it all work. NA7Q APRSDroid Fork.
the important parts are:
"kiss.init": "kiss on\nrestart",
"proto": "kiss",
everything else is just the standard setup. You'll have to home-brew the serial to bluetooth cable for the headunit. It's just a rs232 to bluetooth adapter tx to tx, rx to rx, ground to ground, then short the rts/cts pins together. Super simple. if you want more details just pm me. Limited for room on the post, and I didn't reserve 3 or 4 posts to add more...oooops.

Rugged radios, GMRS, Kenwood TM-D74a, GMRS, ap/mars mod(gmrs capable), TM-D72, sat coms and full duplex.

moved the external bluetooth setup to inside the head unit, theres a 4805 voltage regulator you can tap off of.

 

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rear bumper installed...only took 2 weeks.

 

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