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Operation #2: Sound Proofing (part 3) To finish up the cab, we fixed the screw holes from the demo with bondo, then continued the carpet up along the partition and the passenger's side of the portal We fashioned a bit of trim to secure the edges and look pretty, and added some rubber...

Operation #2: Sound Proofing (part 2) To finish off the sound proofing, we added hood liner to both the hood and the dog house, sealing the seams and edges with aluminum duct tape. When I was researching the hood liner, I was a bit concerned that it might fall off, but after using it, I...

Operation #2: Sound Proofing (part 1) The 7.3 is awesome… but it’s not quiet. One of our first projects was to gut the cab, insulate the **** out of it with everything that Dynamat makes, and then make it nice and pretty. The cab wasn't in a much better state than the module, with an...

Operation #1: Demo Time We needed to see what we had to work with. We ripped out the bench, the floor, and one cabinet to give us a larger "desk" and open up the side barn doors, which were quite crowded. Emily removed the cabinet, which required cutting through the sheet laminate on the other...

Time for some updates! But first, an embarrassing confession: I don't know how, but I completely missed the second and third page of this thread! I was so curious why nobody had replied :) No idea how that happened, I guess with all the short posts on the first page, I figured I would have to...

Okay, so we took the plunge today and it turned out to be quite an easy job! We have to figure out how we're going to fill the gap between the sheet panels, but the window itself is solid. Right now we have our fixed window in place, but we'll be swapping it out for the pop-out passenger ones as...

Thanks for all the replies! Jigsaw and butyl tape - perfect. That's exactly what I was thinking - make a cardboard template with holes for the bolts, drill the first one from the inside to be sure it's where it needs to be, then finish the rest from the outside to make sure everything is as...

Hey everybody! I'm curious - has anybody had experiencing installing factory Ford windows into places they don't belong? My wife, brother and I have been working on our Type II ambulance, and we have just enough room on the left side between the shelving for a small window. I hate the way flat...

Thanks for all the comradery everybody! Ya, I'm really grateful for this forum (and all the ujoint site/videos/etc - inspiring). It actually came from Los Angeles originally. The previous owner purchased it from the Las Angeles division of Schaefer's Ambulance (check out their photos on Google)...

After almost impulsively buying a Javier, my wife and I did our homework, figured out exactly what we needed, and purchased our new project: O'Billy the 2003 7.3 PowerStroke Ford E350, Type-II ambulance by Leader. I got this guy in Las Vegas (I'm in San Diego), had it checked out by a mechanic...

Ya, I really appreciate the honesty. My wife and I got so excited by the possibility of having something already built and in our price range that we almost went for it impulsively; I'm so grateful I found this forum. While I've got people here on the thread and I'm no longer trying to jump on...

Wow, you guys literally might have saved my life. Chris, those photos on facebook are kind of terrifying. My super diesel-novice opinion of the van was that it was in surprisingly good shape for its age: after letting the engine warm up I pulled the oil filler cap and saw almost no blow-by; I...

Hey guys! New to the forum (and the world 4x4 vans in general), and I'm looking for a quick sanity check from somebody more familiar with these things than myself: I'm considering buying a really cool 7.3L PowerStroke E350 4x4 for about $16k. It's got a freshly rebuilt transmission, fresh...