V8 Solid Axle Ranger

[Raceranger97]

Switched from a 6 button thingy to an 8 button thingy, also put a switch in the dash to give the panel power so I don’t have to have the ignition on to use it. Much better.

Also, am I trippin or does KMC really not offer these in a 17” Superduty pattern? Now idk what wheel to get.

 

[Tree trunk]

My switch panel is on a aux switch as well. Do you find that when you turn the switch on before firing up the engine it drops the voltage low enough to shut the switch panel off momentarily?

I tried setting up a start switch off one of the buttons but the voltage drop was too much to where it would keep resetting and wouldn’t crank continuously.

 

[Raceranger97]

My switch panel is on a aux switch as well. Do you find that when you turn the switch on before firing up the engine it drops the voltage low enough to shut the switch panel off momentarily?

I tried setting up a start switch off one of the buttons but the voltage drop was too much to where it would keep resetting and wouldn’t crank continuously.

It does do that most times but not all, my guess is it depends on current battery voltage/health.

 

[Raceranger97]

This thing really impressed me this weekend. I always tow it up to the local trails since the main grade is so long/steep and I just assumed this thing would drive terrible and overheat or something. But roads were super icy and they had CHP checking for chains so I decided to just try and drive it up. Cruised up the steepest part of the 4 lane to Shaver at 58-ish mph 3rd gear 4k rpm and temps stayed cool. Roughly 110 mile round trip no problems. Snow was too deep to make it very far up the trail unfortunately. Was cool to see another local straight axle Ranger up there.

 

[UR_Mawm69]

View attachment 49777

PLEASE TELL ME YOU DID THIS
JUST
ONLY
FOR THE PICTURE. hahahha.
because i would have for sure done that too. haha

 

[Raceranger97]

PLEASE TELL ME YOU DID THIS
JUST
ONLY
FOR THE PICTURE. hahahha.
because i would have for sure done that too. haha

I was attempting to turn around lol. Ended up just backing up like 1/4 mile.

 

[95_Bluwhale]

My switch panel is on a aux switch as well. Do you find that when you turn the switch on before firing up the engine it drops the voltage low enough to shut the switch panel off momentarily?

I tried setting up a start switch off one of the buttons but the voltage drop was too much to where it would keep resetting and wouldn’t crank continuously.

I had the same issue had to rewire my kill switch because of it

 

[Raceranger97]

I had the same issue had to rewire my kill switch because of it

I was messing with it yesterday. If the truck had been recently running for more than say 5 minutes, turning it off for a bit and restarting it would not kill the switch panel accessories. I will say, I believe I only tried it with LED lights running, likely wouldn't work if I had the electric fan running.

 

[95_Bluwhale]

My issue was inconsistent with how much I drove but always in the worst times like on the side of the hwy where I had to rewire it to get it running

 

[Raceranger97]

Finally fixed the fender I messed up at KOH