War Wagon's CB/Scanner install

[criket]

Be careful running the wires under the door seal/weather stripping. It'll leak like mine did.

[The_War_Wagon]

Be careful running the wires under the door seal/weather stripping. It'll leak like mine did.

Yeah, I wanna take my grinding bits, and make a big enough notch for the wires to pass through, AND so that the weatherstripping goes BACK in flush. I'm working on it...

[criket]

Easier solution = just caulk around the gap that is made from the wires underneath the weather stripping. It solved my issues. But whatever makes it look the best. I don't care sometimes on my jeep, especially when it is just the way something looks that no one will ever see. Function before form.

[The_War_Wagon]

Easier solution = just caulk around the gap that is made from the wires underneath the weather stripping. It solved my issues. But whatever makes it look the best. I don't care sometimes on my jeep, especially when it is just the way something looks that no one will ever see. Function before form.

Whaddya think - would some RTV silicone git 'r' done?

[criket]

LOL yea I gues that'll git 'r' done. You got an awesome mod going on there. nicely done. I really want to upgrade my cb and install a scanner. I'm thinking about removing my radio and putting them there.

[The_War_Wagon]

First off, a little mood music - maestro, if you please!




Since one of my cigarette lighters (a.k.a. "power ports") is burned out, I decided to HARDWIRE my radios, BUT... I didn't want to go running any MORE wire around the door frame, SOOOO... I decided to hotwire BOTH scanner and CB into the fuse panel. A couple of ATM Bussman fuse blocks later...



Cue, the electric spaghetti!!!









And here's what it looks like from the rear, now!




More to follow!

[The_War_Wagon]

And HERE it is - GTG!



Clears the shifter by about 2". Being adjustable, I can probably get another inch or two if necessary.



Checking out the sideband!



Dead key on Ch.19 with the mofset engaged.



Dead keys right at 1.00 on ch.40; 1.34 on ch.1 I'd like to get it a little lower, but seeing as how my antenna is basically 'no plane' because of how it's mounted, I'll take it.

SPEAKING on antennas! A Larsen, for the scanner.



A Wilson Silver Load 3' quarter wave 750 watt rated for the CB.



Once you disconnedt the power cords and antennas, the whole system comes out very nicely for storage.




Kinda scared myself when I first turned it on this afternoon - NOTHING happened! Since I'm fuse-block wired and grounded to the chassis, the ignition has to be "ON" for the radios to work. On the bright side, I can't forget about leaving them on, and killing the battery (although the little KP-203 HAS to be turned off manually!).