Thanks FoMoCo! Y'all killed it with this machine. Looking forward to more miles and smiles!What a gorgeous ride and scenery. Congratulations on your Bronco! Welcome to the club.
You running 37's? Nice rig!Went to Moab
Iβm going this route. Pics from another member.Thanks! Unfortunately, I didnβt think to document along the way.
Hereβs what I used:
==> Midland MXT-275
==> RJ-45 Cable extender
==> 3db gain stubby Midland antenna
==> Hood mount
The install was pretty easy: dedicated power cord / antenna brought through the firewall gasket. (Took me a minute to realize there are βtwo sidesβ to the gasket. Think rubber tuna can). Cut off the 12-volt car adpater; tied red to the AUX yellow-orange (Aux6), and the negative to the frame grounding nut nearby.
After mounting the head unit under the overly-sharp metal bracket under the steering column, I removed the front environmental controls panel. The Pickens Party of Five videos on installing the auto-stop-start eliminator really helped.
I measured out the square shape using blue painterβs tape. A narrow-blade oscillating saw worked great. UNTIL I tried to re-install the panel, with the extender installed. Turns out there NO space behind that locationβ¦ Opps..
So I cut an approximate 1β x 1β x 1β cube of space from the black plastic compartment behind it, and prayed. Luckily the space was void and seemed like maybe itβs an air-vent.
Panel snapped into place. Also shout-out to the excellent Trail-Recon youtube video on this this install. Between his and PPo5 install videos, wasnβt too bad.
LOL..
This will be my wife once i get mine.I think I got this backwards. The dirt is supposed to be on the outside.
What was the part number?After all the tie rod doom and gloom, today I ordered a spare. silverstatefordparts.com has them for $70 shipped, best deal I could find. It could save my ass on my upcoming 7k mile trip.
MB32-3280-AWhat was the part number?
ThanksMB32-3280-A
My order was cancelled though, backordered.
As a total noob - is there a main benefit for drilling a hole versus just running under the panel around the antenna? (That is the only way I've seen it done in the youtube videos I've been watching)Did this yesterday as I had some free time