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Thanks! Yes, 5" 'Baja Grocery getter' w/ new rear springs and the king shocks. I only had the sulastic shackles on for a couple days. I'd like to say I noticed a difference but now I can't be sure. There was a bigger difference with the progresive rear springs for sure. The van interior is...

More or less finished, just need to do trim and pretty things up. Didn't really take time to take any pictures the last couple weeks of work, I was to far behind. We did 8000 miles in 45 days, van worked pretty well. I have a few bugs to work out before our trip to AK in April.

Lets see here.... what has been going on. Figured out how to make cruise control work on a non-cruise equipped van, that was cool. Just installed the missing parts and it started working. Built some drawers... Got some lights... Sparky bits Built a outdoor shower panel Grey...

So, I've been thinking. If I run my heater fan while the coolant heater is off and not circulating, it will very quickly cool the coolant in the heater core. The heater can be configured to maintain a temp window, but if the coolant isn't moving it won't respond to the heater core getting cold...

Finally getting this all put together. Still need to install the inlet and exhaust, but its all working. Thats the hot water heater, cabin heater, and expansion reservoir. I ditched the electronic valves as I just ran out of space. A couple ball valves that are accessible inside the van...

Dash is almost done. Galley plumbing is done Coolant filter and diesel coolant heater install is about done....

Took an impromptu camping trip and discovered the turbo vanes were intermittently sticking (classic 6.0 issue) and the alternator was barely keeping up (classic ford issue). Turbo comes off... Cleaned soot, cleaned corrosion, lubed and reassembled. Since it was out I installed this Coolant...

A couple days after that last post I got a job in Alaska for the summer. Had to put the van on hold. Got back in August and have been working on it... I'll try to copy my build thread from SMB over here.... Water tank mount and sound deadening Firing out the walls... Insulation...

Thanks, I had been reminded of that over on the SMB forums. I have decided to go with the knockoff 5kw heater. The way my system is designed, the main vehicle engine will be my 'redundancy'. If it can't provide enough heat I will also have the 'double redundancy' of being able to drive...

Yeah, took me a bit to figure out the differences. The 3 wire version are the ones that don't draw power constantly and don't return home when power is removed. I was originally going to use irrigation valves for sprinklers, but most say not to use with heated water. I may still use a sprinkler...

Copy. I'll plan on 3/4 just because.

Oops... I see now that it's @llamalander s thread, not Peters.

Hey, thanks for chiming in Peter! I was just headed off to read your thread @llamalander posted above. It will probably be covered in your thread, but did you coolant lines start at 5/8? I had contemplated running 3/4 but was thinking 5/8 would do. Your feedback might sway me towards 3/4 but...

Oh.... That river. Got it. Good point on circulation with the heater off. Will you install the pump in parallel with some check valves, or inline? This is the pump I was going to use... I see it's Bosch as you mentioned. river link I was going to use some of these valves... River of...

Something like this?

What's the river of things? I still need to sort out the heater line interface, I was planning on using some 3/4 electric ball valves I found. I'm planning on doing a big loop, basically engine - coolant heater - domestic HWH - heat exchangers - engine. With bypass plumbing and a circulating...

Thanks for the link! Thats cheap enough I might just try it. I could even add a second one if needed and still be under budget. I already have a Kuuma 6g marine water heater, so thats what I'll be using. I got it for $305 shipped, I don't think I could have found a smaller one cheaper.

I guess typing the question out convinced me that I should get bigger than 5k. Still interested in others opinions and experience. Thanks!

I'm building my next campervan and I'm incorporating a diesel coolant heating/hydronic heating system. (van is diesel E350). I don't have any experience with diesel heaters aside from a toyotomi cabin (air) heater that I had in my last van. Most Diesel Coolant/water heaters seem to be 5kw heat...

Got the subfloor painted and everything glued down. I was originally going to use joining biscuits to help keep everything aligned/flat, but due to the way I cut all the pieces it would be impossible to use half the biscuits, so I bagged the whole idea. I just layed everything down and weighted...