My 2014 SSV, Overlanding/Ham Radio rig project.

Amp653 said:

Did you buy the leather seat covers from seat shoppe as well when you updated them? They look amazing

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tamitall said:

Yes! Also replaced the foam with their high density foam on the seat bottom, and OEM foam on the seat back Did the upholstery ourselves. Thank you for the kind words!

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tamitall said:

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That's the center console I used. I built a little wood bracket that I bolted to the front of the console to hold the ic-7300 at a good angle.

Here's a photo while I was working on the seat install. Shows a decent profile of the Nenno console, and the bracket I built for the IC-7300.

I put in a battery isolator, and installed a second battery. My truck came with only 1 battery. After installing the isolator, I moved the 3 50amp circuits provided in the SSV onto the second battery. I call it the "house" battery, and try to run as much of the accessories off it as I can. That leaves the starting battery untouched by the radios.

I have a voltage booster with a PTT port on it hidden under the console. Boosts the battery voltage up to 14v for transmit, and doesn't cause any RF interference while receiving.

Currently running on the stock 160amp alternator, but I have a Mechman 370amp alternator to go in at some point.

73 de w8tam

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stocksj said:

Nice setup. I guess what I need to do is remove the jump seat console and find a PPV type console for mounting radios.

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tamitall said:

We picked it up fall 2020 from a dealership who had purchased it at auction. it came with no center console and heavily worn cloth seats in front, and leather(ette?) seats in the rear that looked unused.

Here it is the day (before) we got it.
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It only had 62k on it when we picked it up. A little investigation showed:
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Wow! We had no problems for about 4k, then had the dreaded low oil error. We swapped the oil pressure sender, and filter, with no change. Figured we were in for a new engine, but decided to try an oil change first. I picked Mobil1 High Mileage and the low oil pressure problems have gone away. I've had the oil analyzed by Blackstone Labs and I'm very happy with how the Tahoe is performing. Here's a snap of the most recent oil analysis.

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After the oil pressure fiasco, we moved forward with building out the SSV for our ham radio hobby. We do Parks on the Air. We bought the Tahoe to take us to places our previous vehicle wouldn't safely go.

Installed a backup/dash cam.
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stocksj said:

What camera and rear view monitor mirror did you use?

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stocksj said:

Nice setup. I guess what I need to do is remove the jump seat console and find a PPV type console for mounting radios.

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tamitall said:

battery-isolator | PowerStream

www.powerstream.com

I went with this one. The current carrying is pretty good and I like that it's a mechanical contactor rather than mosfets. It does make a clunk when connecting or disconnecting.

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