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Drove the deuce for an hour today to drop off to (hopefully) get the air lockers installed. Felt really good on the drive. I had to go to another country to find a mechanic willing to undertake the task. I couldn't find someone in my state, and the guy I found in lower BC (Canada) comes highly recommended but he's never done air lockers for a deuce before. I dropped it off at a truck mechanic that will rip apart the axles and give the diffs to the other guy to work on.
While I was there, I spoke to the truck shop about some "easy" repairs if they had the time/inclination. He looked rather dubious.
Finished up the 12v alternator electrical system. The 12v alternator is installed right above the 24v one, and I installed bus bars in the cab behind the passenger seat location. Covers will go over the bus bars, but they're off right now as I plan on installing a couple of inverters next.
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Between replacing the old battery cables and putting new ones for the 12v system I went through 26' of 4/0 wiring. I highly recommend batterycablesusa.com Their extreme battery cable was cheaper (and their regular cable is even cheaper), the insulation was better than anything I found off of Amazon, and you can buy it by the foot.
While I was there, I spoke to the truck shop about some "easy" repairs if they had the time/inclination. He looked rather dubious.
Finished up the 12v alternator electrical system. The 12v alternator is installed right above the 24v one, and I installed bus bars in the cab behind the passenger seat location. Covers will go over the bus bars, but they're off right now as I plan on installing a couple of inverters next.
![20191012_084657.jpg 20191012_084657.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/535/535303-8164ba06cc8793fd906918fb203b1c2e.jpg)
![20191001_182143.jpg 20191001_182143.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/535/535304-24c5124a66e3daf477548a4257446162.jpg)
![20191001_182202.jpg 20191001_182202.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/535/535305-5e144b1edc6f5c25c823003337200318.jpg)
Between replacing the old battery cables and putting new ones for the 12v system I went through 26' of 4/0 wiring. I highly recommend batterycablesusa.com Their extreme battery cable was cheaper (and their regular cable is even cheaper), the insulation was better than anything I found off of Amazon, and you can buy it by the foot.
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