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I’ve ordered the Auburn electronic locker and 4.10 gears. I’ll do all new bearings and seals while we’re at it. I had the driveshaft rebuilt earlier this year as it had thrown its balance weights off and the bearings stayed to fall apart.

The van is at the Torque Factory in Redmond Oregon right now. It developed an exhaust leak, one of the exhaust studs broke. I bought new manifolds, cleaned up the ports with a variety of die grinders, sanding wheels and a band file sander. Then they got ceramic coated. Also ceramic coated the...

I painted the roof white in preparation for the solar panels. I had always thought I needed to reinforce the roof to use the back part as a patio for the beach or racetrack or whatever. But it seems strong enough so I just threw some sand into the second coat of paint while it was wet and sealed...

Air compressor needed a slight modification to fit through the door. It’ll pretty much stay there forever. It’s AC powered but the Victron multi plus can run it. I’ll put an outdoor outlet on each side of the van under the floor so I’ll just need to plug in the compressor and Bob’s your uncle.

I want some place to store all the dirty, bulky, heavy stuff. Air compressor, floor jack, tie downs and recovery gear etc. This tool box is surprisingly nice, lightweight aluminum, weatherproof, 18” tall by 24” deep and 60” long. I decided to fabricate my own brackets instead of buying them. In...

I reinforced the wall for the door and cut a hole. I patched the gash in the aluminum skin that was there when I bought it using a piece of aluminum from the door cutout. I but some spacers and mounted the stairs with big tee-nuts through the floor so if the stairs get bent they can be unbolted...

Grumman is back to the top of my list of priorities. I’ve spent many nights and many miles with it in a temporary setup. Planning to go do a month in Baja so I guess 4 years is long enough to let the Arctic Tern Wild Lands door and Happijac bed lift sit on the shelf collecting dust. So to get...

Spacers for the stock bump stops or taller bump stops from Timbren. Or, hydraulic bumps like the desert racers use. Or, contact Firestone for the taller bags with internal bump stops, they should be able to do that easily. That would be the easiest I think. Still need an on-board compressor so...

My next step is to make my window frame spacers. I need to make mounts that are as thick as my walls will be minus the interior paneling, about 1 3/4" thick. Any opinions on whether I should make them from plywood or 2x4s? If I use plywood, it will be a one piece surround around the window, if...

When I looked into this I was unable to find a tire that could handle the weight without going to a 40" tall tire. I'm trying to stay with something like a 31" tall tire and the best I found was about 4,000 pounds per tire so 8,000 on the rear axle. I've decided to go the 235/85R16 route...

She said she'd install this fan for me. Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr Some interior brain storming. Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr Here's the proposed layout for the hydronic heated floor. Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr

Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr Next I've got some strips of 1/2" plywood to be fastened to the aluminum ribs for additional rigidity in the walls, a thermal break for the inner wall sheet fasteners to screw into, and...

This project is back on the front burner. I plasma cut some 22 ga sheet metal for the wheel wells afterall. Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr This is where those sheets will go. Untitled by Petrolburner, on Flickr Glued to the bottom of the first layer of plywood because 22 gauge...

I still haven't had a chance to install my door but I filmed a little review of it yesterday. I can hardly wait to walk through it after installation.

I think the only way you're going to get a significantly smoother ride, as in worth spending the money on, is to either drastically increase travel or make it easier to air up and down. With a couple more inches of suspension travel you could have a more progressive spring rate. I think...

That's excellent. I've been trying to figure out what to do with my build. I bet that thing gets around surprisingly well in 2WD with those 4 fat tires aired down.

How did you fit those rear tires on the stock wheels? Did you need spacers between the duallies?

How much of a spacer did you end up needing? Did they go between the wheels or inside of the inboard wheel? Anything required on the front wheels?

Hmmmm, not sure there's anything can be done about that unless it's made of wood?

I don't think it's thick enough to be all that insulated. However, it's going to sweat on the inside of the door, and your blocked from touching it by the screen door so...no big deal to me. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk