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OK, so yesterday and today I ended up wrestling the ambulance wiring, and tonight I got a partial victory (after a lot of failures, bruised egos, and a couple unnecessary splices). When I first got the ambo, I reached out to Leader (the ambo upfitter) several times for a wiring diagram, but...

Where did you get that propane tank! That's a cool setup! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Since you're going to be adding a camper anyhow, if you don't already have the vehicle, Ford does still make E Series Cutaways which can be given awesome 4x4 by UJOR, and are probably still the platform most familiar to US camper upfitters.

I don't think I'm picturing this right - you added a block on the right, even though the left is heavier? I'm imagining the whole thing *really* leaning left now :) How does it handle with the distribution and correction? This would probably be the easiest approach for me, but I'm a tad...

Hmmm, ya, I think they do need to go on the right side... just no way around it. It's too bad, because it's already all wired up, but I think I'll be much happier with it. Anyhow, for mounting these in their new spot: these batteries are are quite a bit larger than most batteries, and all the...

Question about weight distribution: We are going to wrap up our solar install this weekend (pix and story to follow), and I just received 3 125ah AGM Deep Cycle batteries which weigh in at 75lb each. This 225lb payload is supposed to replace the 120lbs or so of existing batteries in the...

Another quick update: last weekend we finished painting everything except the rear barn doors, which need a little body repair first (the left door has a stress crack and a separated pinch weld). And... we've decided to keep the top white! Today we cleaned and buffed the top, which almost...

This is awesome! Feel free to stop by sometime and say hi if we're out working on it!

We primed all areas where metal was exposed or nearly exposed and everywhere that was complex in shape. For the larger areas that still had a good base of paint after pretty aggressive sanding, we sprayed directly over the old stuff. We used 5 cans of U-Pol primer, half a can of plasti-dip...

For a while there it was actually cheaper on Amazon to order the kit with the gun than without it, so I have 4 of their guns :) They're probably not the best out there, but my painting experience is pretty limited and they felt reasonably easy to control.

This is an awesome idea, and we'll be sure to do it. We haven't yet insulated the space between the roof and ceiling, so that space would be a perfect place to get an "inside" reading that isn't too susceptible to air flow from windows being open, etc. I guess I'll snag two of these to record...

Realized I didn't answer your question about cleaning: you are definitely right, the fully hardened liner is hard to scrub down and eats towels. Our plan is really to not clean it :) We'll be on the road for over a year, frequently on dirt, and I doubt we'll even attempt to wash it more than 5...

My intention was to achieve a fine, but quite gritty finish: I played with the pressure/distance with the black until I settled on something ~60 PSI (I'll check next time I run it) and I've left it set there since. Higher pressure will definitely put it down finer. I will also say that the...

Thanks! You are definitely correct RE the grit. I prefer the texture I achieved with the black, but at this point I'm going for consistency among all grey. The grey is more viscous than the black was – I'm not sure if the tint altered the viscosity of the liner, or if the tintable always...

Alright, 2 days of work and we're... half way finished. It turns out it takes a while for 2 people with zero experience to disassemble, spray, and reassemble the front half of a van. We made a few small mistakes, but overall it turned out great. When buying the toner we opted to play it safe...

That's a great question - we did 2 coats with a 1 hour flash time between, and pulled the tape about an hour and a half after the final coat. Raptor is EXTREMELY forgiving to work with, since it dries to the touch in about an hour but doesn't fully cure for many days. This gives you a pretty big...

I couldn't agree more; that's what we did here for the most part, setting up the edges first. The one time I tried to move back an already-masked line I ended up ripping the whole section off and redoing it from scratch because it was just too difficult to get straight. Sent from my iPhone...

Thanks! @rossvtaylor - we used the yellow "automotive" masking tape which (supposedly) stretches a little better than the tan/blue stuff. We got it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FP8HFK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_Q0KWxbWBWQ9FB I made the edges with that 18mm tape and then attached paper to it...

Ok, it's been a long time, but we've finally made some progress! Since none of us have any experience painting a vehicle, we decided to start with black raptor on the rocker panels, which we brought all the way into the doors. The rest of the exterior is going to be the light gray "steel" color...

Oh man! If you come back north through SD again you should hit me up - I'd love to check out your ride in person and buy you a beer. Aero club is one of my favorite bars - glad you got a chance to go there. Your whole trip is so cool. Quick question about the fuel bowl: does yours have a...