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Hmm. Well now, not only do you have me a little concerned, I am a little excited to work on a new design. Initially I was going to have them cut from a solid piece of aluminum but the material alone was more money than I could spend at the time. I then tossed around an "I beam" type...

Are you referring to the thin section on top that I mentioned a while back and have since welded a 3/16 plate across the top of? or the bottom of the arm? Either way there is nearly a half inch of steel on the top and the bottom of that bushing. Do you think it should be thicker? To be...

Initially I had a deadline of late spring/early summer now I am crossing my fingers that I get to do some off road camping this fall. Lets see where both of us are in 3 to 5 months.

We all are. Well some of us are. No offence to some people but some people's "cool stuff" is cooler than others. I thought I was doing some cool stuff with my 4x4 Vanagon conversion then I checked out some of the things you were working on and I was "maaaan, why didn't I think of that. Just...

Your work is pretty stellar. I wish I had your patience. You build tools and fixtures and all that. I end up just wingin' it because time is a factor. Anyway I am excited to see the finished product.

I am not really interested in CO2. Back in the day we did use it once or twice on some of the "air-bagged" cars and trucks that we built. With continuous use we did have issues with the solenoid type valves freezing. Not that that is my reason for not wanting CO2 I understand that you don't...

Yes? They are pretty small at about a cubic foot in volume. Actually some of you may remember the coleman Stirling cooler that was built a long time ago. The company that I worked for licensed their Stirling cooler technology to Coleman and the units were built by a company called Twinbird...

*Sigh* Chipping away a little bit at a time. I did make a touch more progress but I am nowhere near where I wanted to be at this point. I ordered some nuts and bolts that I needed to get the front axle loosely assembled. They got here Wednesday so I was excited to get at it. I did not get...

Well, this is the week. This is the week I start putting some things together and really see what kind of trouble I am in with this whole 4x4 conversion. So technically I started on Sunday with a little clean up in the garage. This "little" clean up ended up taking all day Sunday and most of...

You can check out the whole build if you're bored. http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/nother-nc700x-thread-but-this-time-an-adv-build.1215824/

Man you caught me. I think this is the first time someone has asked about updates that I don't have anything substantial. I did have my hubs machined to fit my front brake rotors. Other than that I just cleaned and spray bombed some parts so everything is nice and clean for assembling the...

Well I did manage to do a couple things but not nearly as much as I wanted. Like a doof I went and bought myself a motorcycle and it has been quite a distraction. But I must carry on. I will be taking a week off from work sometime in the coming weeks so I can work full time on the van to...

http://www.packitgourmet.com This place also has some top quality just-add-hot-water type meals. On another note why not just get a little camp stove like the jetboil genisis and a 5 gallon water jug with a dispenser of some sort and call that a kitchen. You then have the option to cook inside...

Yeah. To be truthful, I will likely go with the Viair 450C-IG. (AKA Part#45050) I know it costs more and and does not have the big power and flow of some of the other units but, as I mentioned, the IP rating is important to me. I will run air tanks so the outright CFM is not all that important...

Looks like there is an MV90 also. While it is cheap...(ish) it hardly fits into the ultra budget category like the MV50. Curious of quality of the MV90. It does appear that it is approximately a 3/4hp unit as well.

Space is not too much of a concern as this will be going in a Vanagon. I have all sorts of big nooks and crannies to stuff such things. I will likely be mounting the tank/tanks separately from the compressor. I think I have narrowed it down to the Puma DE07 or the Viair 450C-IG Allow me to...

Here's mine mocked up on my Vanagon 4x4 conversion. In case you can't tell they are General Grabber AT2s. They are mounted on a set of Toyota FJ Cruiser steelies.

Hmm I will have solar, some batteries and an inverter on board. I may explore this option a little bit.

I would like to ask a question to anyone that may have some experience or knowledge on the subject of currently available on-board air compressors. I am on the lookout for a small, durable, quality 12 volt air compressor that I can use to fill a 3-5 gallon tank for use on my air actuated...

Little update. I managed to drill a hole. That hole is for this thing to fit like so and function as such. However, after struggling with my hand-me-down, el cheapo supreme drill press for 30 minutes to drill the first hole and realizing that I need 7 more pieces, four of which needed...