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I've heard posts about soldering the new hot wire to A or B on the new radio plug. I've added pictures of mine to show more detail which should be helpful. In my case my new hot wire will be soldered to pin B which is where the hot wire to the existing plug is. In my case pin A is just a simple grou...

I expect that since my base shows only bosses for the six smaller holes, those are not threaded. They would probably have to be drilled out and threaded to use. Not sure I want to deal with that. I just wanted the spare cap to use in the future if desired since I'll be drilling holes in mine! Has an...

I've seen that thread, excellent discussion on antennas! We're using 2m/70cm dual band for ham like all of our groups use. We also have Yaesu VX-5R handhelds. My brother and I are partners in the Pinz and we had extensive discussions with one of our Early Bronco friends who is a ham/CB expert on whe...

No instructions whatever with the new radio plug. Seems like SAV should write some up to send with it.

Ah ha!! I just took one of my new unused plugs apart -- got curious. Yup! That rubber grommet that surrounds the male pins should be removed, it belongs on the other end where you solder the wires to the male pins. Then it provides a tight seal when you screw the strain relief over it. Yep, that's ...

At least for the plugs I have, the male pins are not surrounded by a rubber insert. Rather, there is rubber seal at the inside base of the two protruding male pins -- sealing the M/F interface after the plugs are mated. This plug doesn't look right to me. Maybe you can "pluck" that rubber...

I partially have answered my first question. The large nut comes quite close to engaging the existing plug. Might need some pushing on still though. It's hard for me to see how threading that large nut on will push the new rubber plug back far enough to fully engage the male pins into the female hol...

I'm using the radio plug behind the passenger seat to power my 24V-12V converter and my CB, Ham and DC outlet for GPS and phone charging. I received the radio plug today. I've seen posts about being sure which terminal is positive and about tinning the wires. But maybe more detail is needed before I...

I ordered a spare top center antenna cap from SAV since I'll be drilling mine for my CB and Ham antennas (will only use one of them at a time). The SAV diagram shows a 4 hole cap like mine, but they sent me a 6 hole plate. I'm fine with using the plate instead of my cap if it works. The underneath o...

Good! Your lucky IMHO. Might want to consider adjusting the valves while your into replacing the gasket(s). I may take some flack for this, but the seats are not as hardened as the ones in your 2001 Porsche 911 so depending upon this rigs history, there may be some valve seat recession so an adjust...

Two part reply :D First, on engine oil, Jim, why don't flip over of Synthetic and report back after 5,000to 10,000 miles and let us know how that worked out :mrgreen: I actually use aviation grade oil ratted for air cooled and is tuned for better heat transfer properties through an oil cooler. I'll...

I sure appreciate all the responses, great forum here! I'm not a novice having done all my maintenance and many repairs and upgrades on my Early Broncos for over 15 years. But, the Pinz is foreign and new to us so we need to start our database on it from nothing! Luckily we did get the 3 manuals and...

I did tighten the nut just a hair, it was tight. New gaskets ordered from SAV. Thanks for the tip on the sealant. In my old days we used a Permatex High Tack, maybe good to use?

Dump that oil filter, bypass setting is only 12 psi. You need at least 2 bars or > 30psi. As far as the overfill goes, try measuring that again just after you turn the engine off. If then it's W/I range mystery solved, Oil in the filter and Engine. If still high replace the oil and that filter (IMH...

Do I need to drain some oil before replacing the gasket?

From notes from a previous Owner it might have Mobil 1 in it which I understand is a no-no. What oil do you recommend. Nevada here 115F-20F ambient temperature range.