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More of what I've been up to over break: Junkyards and Wheeling!

Nissan Nut did a writeup on alt upgrades. It's specific to WD21/WD22, so the mounting info won't help you, but the alts he calls out might. Also consider upgrading your charge cable at the same time. It's probably sized for the alt you have, not the alt you want. I know the charge lead on my '93 (70A alt) is pretty tiny. Whether you need a bigger alt depends on how much you try and run at once. Unless you're planning to run face-melting bass and a small waffle iron at the same time, you may be alright with what you've got. I'd say install your accessories, see how the charging system handles them, and upgrade from there as needed. You can use a simple relay setup to control a second battery. IIRC somebody rigged theirs to an oil pressure switch, not the key switch, so it wouldn't charge the second battery until the engine was running (so a flat second battery won't sap power from the starter motor). It's a simple system, but kind of brutal to the second battery. You can get proper charge controllers that may make the second battery last longer, but they're not cheap. Lots of research to do there if you're looking for a rabbit hole to fall into.

I got some time to myself today and decided to visit Echo Lake again. I haven’t been back down there since we found that stolen Jeep, fearing serious criminals frequented the area. About 300 yards into the trail I was greeted by a flipped truck that had burned to the ground! When I finally made it down to the lake there was a group of teenagers smoking some very good smelling weed which I passed on. They had screwed a lazyboy way up in a tree and one of them was sitting in it. I asked about a homeless man I had met down there previously and they knew him. They told me the reason he is homeless is because his son died on a dirtbike and that they went to school with him. Now there is a congregation of homeless people that have makeshift shelters set up in the woods all along the trail. I didn’t take pictures of anything while I was down there because I felt like I shouldn’t. If I go back with some of my friends then I’ll take some pics of the shelters and that lazyboy. On the way out I barely nudged a tree and it handed my bumper it’s arse. This is after I beat on it with a hammer: It’s lined up better than it’s been since that idiot who offered me a fish sandwich at 8am crashed into me: Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

This Nissan proved itself today. We went to Sheep Wallow in Dawsonville GA and we were faced with more than we expected. We pulled in with a Jeep behind us and when we got to the trail head he called for us to ask where the “big mud hole” was. His buddy drove into the same mud hole that murdered my engine earlier this year! So I agreed to lead him down there.. So there are two paths to the 4ft deep mud hole and I accidentally chose the wrong one because I was nervous. The path I chose was only wrong because I do not have a solid front axel and the divots were HUGE! I had at least one wheel off the ground the entire time down that path!!! It was way more than I’ve ever done. Once we all got to the stuck red Jeep, the black Jeep winched him out. His engine survived because the intake is on the passenger side. Check out how deep this thing is; that water is up to his butt and would’ve been even worse but he caught himself before sinking into the rut. His Jeep is centered on the ridge. Next things got down right scary. We literally feared for our lives and the two guys riding with me jumped out to save theirs as we were sliding. I stayed with the vehicle because it looked to be dry(er) just before the cliff. We came around a curve on to the power line trail and to our right was a giant deep hole and we began to slide into it. Just before it was too late I let off the brakes and began to head straight for the literal cliff. You can see where I was sliding toward the hole here. And here are what you can see of the slide marks toward the cliff and then the cliff itself. I was trembling after it finally stopped and my tongue stuck to the top of my mouth. I was SCARED. Everything was fine after that though I did get stuck in some deep thick mud and winched out. On the way out I had to go back up that slippery hill from before.. I rode the edge of the cliff where it was dry to avoid filling my tread with mud and then once I was lined up I gunned the crap out of it and made it back up! Here are a couple pics of the scenery and us. I am very proud of my vehicle. It did a great job today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk