not much happened this weekend, my vertigo kicked in and made me stay on the couch
05 LJ Rubi LS Swap and the kitchen sink
Thought I would share
Just bought this Rubi LJ
Pic attached, and I'm in the pic, HA. Stole the pic from the dealer web site. I go back Saturday to pic it up, its hard to drive 2 vehicles home without the trailer.
Plans for it revolve around 44s, and light bars and stuff like that.
Well actually, I may go back to 31s and 15" rims. My dad will be driving it for the next few years. I needed to get him out of the 96 S10 I bought new back in the day. Figured I would put him in this till he isn't driving. Mom does not like driving the S10 now either. So a basically stock rig for the foreseeable future. I hope dad is stoked.
Just bought this Rubi LJ
Pic attached, and I'm in the pic, HA. Stole the pic from the dealer web site. I go back Saturday to pic it up, its hard to drive 2 vehicles home without the trailer.
Plans for it revolve around 44s, and light bars and stuff like that.
Well actually, I may go back to 31s and 15" rims. My dad will be driving it for the next few years. I needed to get him out of the 96 S10 I bought new back in the day. Figured I would put him in this till he isn't driving. Mom does not like driving the S10 now either. So a basically stock rig for the foreseeable future. I hope dad is stoked.
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Not much to report on physical work on the jeep. Still having the vertigo, so consolidating my projects to things that do not stimulate it. I did get some yard progress done, that feels good.
On the jeep I am getting more wiring diagrams and ideas solidified. I was running out of low power outputs on the PDM and trying to figure out how to accommodate them. What I forgot, or well didn't think about is the ECU has 20 12V 2A outputs, along with more inputs that I can think to use. So, now many of the low amp draw circuits that don't require lots of logic will run through the ECU. Things like the headlights will run through the ECU. I will run each individual circuit through the ECU as a PDM, i.e. driver low, driver high, passenger low, passenger hi. The LED headlights don't draw over 2A so all should be good. Parking, reverse, brake dome, rock and other lighting things should work well this way. This will save me multiple circuits on the PDM that I can have run more complex things or things that require more power. Things like the turn signals that need to well blink, there is a variable that says how fast they blink in the PDM software. Ill also use the PDM to understand things like don't run the starter unless the transmission is in park, but may override that as well to bump start.
Any way, this breakthrough will open up well 20 additional circuits and keep me from running a smaller simple PDM for the extra circuits I was trying to figure out.
Since I am also doing desk work for the most part. I will get a bit more particular with the wiring diagram and harness layout. I may just may try to lay it out in a combined bundle, or at least more combined than I was originally thinking. Ill decide when I figure out what connects to what when where and how.
And yes, LJ best jeep ever. Ha
Although, many swear by the JKU and JLU wheelbase as well. I do just like the narrower body of this platform.
Oh, and the TJ went back into purgatory, I have some plans for it as well, once this one is done, well drivable. It needs some maintenance done as well as some wheelbase changes.
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On the jeep I am getting more wiring diagrams and ideas solidified. I was running out of low power outputs on the PDM and trying to figure out how to accommodate them. What I forgot, or well didn't think about is the ECU has 20 12V 2A outputs, along with more inputs that I can think to use. So, now many of the low amp draw circuits that don't require lots of logic will run through the ECU. Things like the headlights will run through the ECU. I will run each individual circuit through the ECU as a PDM, i.e. driver low, driver high, passenger low, passenger hi. The LED headlights don't draw over 2A so all should be good. Parking, reverse, brake dome, rock and other lighting things should work well this way. This will save me multiple circuits on the PDM that I can have run more complex things or things that require more power. Things like the turn signals that need to well blink, there is a variable that says how fast they blink in the PDM software. Ill also use the PDM to understand things like don't run the starter unless the transmission is in park, but may override that as well to bump start.
Any way, this breakthrough will open up well 20 additional circuits and keep me from running a smaller simple PDM for the extra circuits I was trying to figure out.
Since I am also doing desk work for the most part. I will get a bit more particular with the wiring diagram and harness layout. I may just may try to lay it out in a combined bundle, or at least more combined than I was originally thinking. Ill decide when I figure out what connects to what when where and how.
And yes, LJ best jeep ever. Ha
Although, many swear by the JKU and JLU wheelbase as well. I do just like the narrower body of this platform.
Oh, and the TJ went back into purgatory, I have some plans for it as well, once this one is done, well drivable. It needs some maintenance done as well as some wheelbase changes.
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