Tips and Tricks ON Doing a install on a Truck

[@1883GotDown]

🎉 Very Informative....ole Gatekeeper Said That!

[@charlesbaker3217]

I'm not trying to swell your head but you are smart as hell with heavy-duty installs, keep on keeping on BBI, cBJ n.c.

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Oh not me. I just had a lot of very smart people teach me a lot of different things

[@TonyReilly-mt7uu]

Awesome content, thank you Luke. So many lessons learned, thanks again.

[@GobblerK5_2WR080]

Awesome video, Luke...thank you for the guidance. My '04 Crew Cab SIlverado started acting up after a new Jasper crate engine was swapped in. It would lurch fwd without my foot on the gas. Mechanic finally started saying my radio had messed up my computer. But it was doing it when I WASN'T keying the mic. Swapped in a used ECM and tuned it for my VIN and the Class 1 cam in the crate engine. All good so far. Now my truck has approx 600k miles on it and I have no idea if that ECM was the original. But I thank you tremendously for the Amidon part number. I'll be ordering some of those babies to go on my ECM harness. Another issue I have is after installing my Mechman 400amp alt...after about 0.8mile the DIC will show Service Brake Booster. Tony at Mechman says they have seen that issue and mostly on Z71 trucks...which mine is. I just push the trip reset button and clear the DIC and then it doesn't come back on until I restart the truck and go about 0.8mi down the road. My radio is RCI Ranger 2970N4 and I had just dual batteries and then added the Mechman 400amp alt. Radio is now behaving like it should since I'm feeding it properly and my headlights don't dim with a mic key. Again thanks for the tips and tricks! 73 from 2WR080 Virginia

[@TheDroopYJ]

Master class in mobile RF bonding right here. Thanks for sharing this with the world!! As an HF guy, this is very enlightening and not well understood by anyone especially myself. I can't say thank you enough, Luke!

[@14KiloWhisky]

Very interesting 👍

[@thomthumbe]

Great video! I watched it pole-to-pole, and I rarely do that on KZbin! :-). Two things….I’ve heard that some vehicle manufactures are invalidating warranties if you install any kind of two-way radio. I don’t know this for myself. I’ve not had that problem, so it is all hearsay. Second, the two words you were going to say about safety ground vs rf ground is: surface area. RF flows on the surface of a wire. Not in the center of the wire like DC or in the case of very high frequencies. As you said, with large transmitters, they use copper strap. I have videos (personal, not public) of facilities I’ve been responsible for where we start at the building foundation with runs of 32 inch wide copper strap. Thanks again! You have great patience in order to make these videos! Cheers!

[@southboundsuarez9832]

****CAUTION**** PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEMS !! EXPLICITLY BALLISTIC AIR BAGS AND OTHER COLLISION ACTIVATED RESTRAINTS!!! Excellent info regarding the ECM and sensor systems but please consider airbags! Working as an automotive alarm installer servicing dealerships, I have seen numerous cases of automotive aftermarket electronic installers having initiated airbag response systems! One case with great bodily injury that left the victim blinded in one eye and diminished permanent vision damage to the other eye!

[@rodneymclemore8587]

I’m so glad you put out this video Luke very nice and it showed me some things I was needing some answers to lol. 73s brother from THE SHOWSTOPPER IN OKLAHOMA.

[@leonbrown3dtec990]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas 💡 for the RF' traveling and grounding of the vehicles ' 158-NJ 73'

[@thomasperina2990]

Hello Fellow Amphaulics And SUPPORTERS OF THE WORLD FAMOUS BBI AMPS: MR. Luke, thank you for this video sir. IMHO this video demonstrates how important it is to properly layout & exercise accurate preparation of all sub assemblies prior to installation. I see you hydraulically crimped those braided wires & you will now dip them into the solder pot to seal the terminals to the braided wires to insure the ultimate connection. Another great video Luke. God Bless & my best to the family. TMP, Unit 22 from N.J.

[@TheBigDawgz71]

BBI, your smart ass dude and pretty damn crafty.

[@cbGamer481]

And thank you for answering my phone call today you're a hell of a man and thank you for your help. You have pointed me in a direction that I need to go thank u. And if you didn't have such a long wait list I definitely send it to you first. Hey you the man keep up good work man

[@montymoore1]

Thanks man for all the hard work you do to educate us.

[@darrylhart8152]

If I ever get the $$$ I’m come to get you to all install. Love the video

[@Brattoncnc]

Great vid BBI! What do you think about mounting the antenna on a post from the rear bumper or hitch that extends up to the level of the top of the cab? I realize it would be directional over the front but just wondering about how the performance and reflect would be. THANKS!

[@fredflintstone8048]

Another great instruction video.

[@tc2425]

The "Moral of the Story is " Don't build your HF antenna on a Tool Box Lid......73

[@stevenorcutt3913]

Great video one question does the little guy that uses a 667 up to a class C amp need to utilize ferrite beads or just lots of bonding.

[@SilentNight-m9o]

Another truck?! Wow. Nice

[@keithbarker4744]

I found mine almost 1 in .091 inside diameter snap on at Palomar Engineers.

[@arildoaparecidocosta5729]

Parabéns VC e exemplo total bazuka Foz do Iguaçu PR Brazil 🇧🇷

[@Big_B123]

thanks man my brain bulb is now a lot brighter 👍🏻

[@bboyles96]

BBI I have a question about the newer alumidutys my new f250 is all aluminum will that change how I bond the vehicle ? Thanks! 73s 285

[@pcg33kaz]

Thank you

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

:)

[@MrNobody-gi3gj]

Oh snap i got mentioned. LMAO ...... works now!!

[@AwesomeMidnightDrags]

50 minute mark in the video....smoke in the air...smoke in the air! Anyone else notice that...

[@GobblerK5_2WR080]

Yes I did notice that...

[@ChristiannTyler]

An interesting video would be how to upgrade your power cable size all these fatboy amps could undersized 8awg on a 4 pill seems a bit cheap no? I’m not confident enough to blindly go in and up it a size or two

[@darrylhart8152]

I would love to see what you can do to a 18 wheeler 🚛

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

Tips and tricks on how to build a semi install. I think I've already covered that😊

[@jeremyshiver6055]

Stop by and see me when u head to Florida

[@BoxBuilderIdaho]

The trip after this next one I think I'm heading south deep Deep South to the United States Wang

[@jeremyshiver6055]

Hey. Brother

[@beekeeper8474]

Most cars are using a lot of pwm now so I can see it getting interface easy

[@Chahtawarrior31]

good info and hope you get the build the way you want!! See you down the Bands! OORAH De WV1Q aka Mad Mac in da Sip!