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If anybody needs the quick release mechanisms for a Sienna seat let me know.

Looking for a pair of 78" Thule rectangular load bars. LB78. Ideally located in CO or nearby for pickup. Thanks.

Bump. I purchased a Whynter fridge (used) nearly a year ago and never got it to cool. I've moved on and am using a different fridge in my van, but would like to try to troubleshoot the Whynter before throwing it out, primarily for the learning opportunity. So far I've confirmed the following...

Some good input here on the torsion bar lifts. If I'm understanding correctly, creating more lift by rotating or increasing preload on the torsion bar comes at the expense of reducing down travel, regardless of the method used to add more preload to the bar. - I'm assuming lifting without...

Yep, same issue but on my driver side. Have not identified the cause.

Like others have said, depends on what you want to do in Baja. I spent ~1 month down there last May, primarily to surf. I drove my camper-ized AWD Express Van (no lift). In a month of beach camping I probably utilized the AWD ~20% of the time. That said, I only went especially off the beaten...

OnShape is another good opensource platform (it's free, unless you want to keep your designs private). Based on the Solidworks platform with some meaningful improvements.

Cool thanks for the info. I hate the way the mega roof looks, but I don't think it'd hinder my travels too much, as I'm typically in the desert or on ski trips so low branches or dicey lean angles aren't typical. Coming from a low roof van it's hard to imagine ponying up for a medium roof and...

Was your Transit insulated and paneled or no? Last time I looked at these the consensus seemed to be that the gargantuan high roof was the only viable option for a full conversion and folks over 5'10".

Mine has been relatively sound mechanically. There are some common body/trim issues and some minor mechanical issues: Paint - The white paint on these vans is atrocious. Rock chips will eventually turn into fully peeling panels as water ingresses and lifts the paint from the primer. Look for...

I originally planned to rip out the rear heater in my Express but it's actually pretty nice. I crank it full blast before parking for the evening in the winter - warms up the whole rig and the Propex maintains that temp once stopped. I did a Gaucho bed so it didn't interfere as much as I...

Looking for leftover Thinsulate or Havelock Wool insulation to fill the pillars in my van. I only need ~10sqft and any shape will work (thin strips, squares, whatever) since I'm just filling pillars. Located on CO front range but can arrange pickup anywhere in CO.

Free bump, because this looks like a great rig and a perfect candidate for a Ujoint swap!

- Passenger seat swivel - Spare tire mount that swings open simultaneously with rear door (similar to Owl Engineering product for Sprinters) Interested to see what you come up with for mounting fogs to the stock bumper. I don't have time to fab something myself and would definitely be...

HALP! Having some issues with my doors lately. First is the slider. I stupidly reefed on the door handle while parked severely off camber (driver side downhill, PS uphill) and heard a click like maybe I'd broken some plastic. Door would open only from inside at first, but now inside is...

Got it. All good reasons, and cool factor is definitely worth something!

Looks great! Just curious, any specific reason you chose the van cutaway over a 4x4 pickup? Seems like building a flatbed pickup would be easier than building the van + adding 4x4? Asking because I'd like to do something similar someday, and would be happy to know what I'm missing van vs truck.

^^^messaged you about panels

AWD Express, no lift, 265/75/16 Cooper ATPs, fully converted inside so some added weight there. 12 city, 18 hwy (at 62mph or 1600rpm), 15 combined

Thanks for the info. Found a workaround so only ended up doing ~10mi on it. Will upgrade the spare ASAP.