Couple pics of the air filter/turbo set up for Rockbender.
You can see the air intake "elbow" going right into the turbo, it was there when I bought the van so I am assuming it is from Banks. I did away with all the other BS and found a cone style filter with a 3" outlet. There was just...
Stripped out the interior for a clean slate for the monsta-liner.
Please note my high-speed carbon fiber cane !! The flames add about .006 mph to my wobble.
Josh, absolutely bro ! I will get some pics this weekend. Good timing too, I will have the interior completely stripped and the dogbox out already as Im gonna coat the floor with monsta-liner.
My van does in fact have AC , and I will show you what I came up with for a solution. When I bought the...
Thats what I have in mind as well. Have used the Hi-Lift for many years on the dedicated trail rig but I feel a good bottle jack will serve me much better on the van. Hi-Lifts are great but on occasion they are sketchy at best to work with.
The van doesn't have the endless suspension travel or...
I can see where that pic would cause concern, but it was taken long before ALL rust was cut out of the floor , replaced with weld in panels and coated with POR-15.
I did not however get to the point of body work, and there is one bad place on the body.
Here.
Check the track bar. These models came with one (even though they are leaf sprung). Sounds like bad bushings or a loose mount. I've had more than one these trucks give me the same problems. Both times the track bar was the culprit.
Took a 3 hour (each way) trip on the van this weekend. Everything did great !! Mileage on the diesel is almost exactly double of the old van with the gasser !! The power is definately there too !! Went into the mountains of WV and she really does much better than the gasser on the long pulls.
Made some more progress on the riser box last night.
A little detail on how the drawer mounts in the box.
Box mounted where it will live. With seat pedastal mounted.
Quick pic of Fantastic fan installed w/ temporary wiring.
The Box/Cover will mount on the floor at the side door opening, with the 3rd seat mounting on top.
I also used a little soap and water on her this weekend.
Snapped a few pics of the newest project on the van. With the "dropped" floor area , my son would barely be able to see anything , so I wanted to raise the rear seat. At the same time I didn't want any wasted space, so I came up with the idea to build a platform that could house a drawer...
No update pics yet but I'm actually making some progress again !! I got the Fantastic fan installed (ghetto fabulous temporary wiring job to use it until I finish wiring the van)
The underseat storage box has been built and fitted with the storage drawer.
And a friend offered up a deal I...
Give me some input if you will guys.
I have camped in my van a fair amount so far , but it has always been completely stripped on the inside. I am getting really close to starting my interior build out. I am sure about the basic design of 2 benches long ways down both sides at the rear. I am...
Trying to build motivation to get this project back on track. I found I had a leaky fuel line and after MUCH procrastination have gotten the leak taken care of. Drove the van to work a couple times an man does that help!! I just love driving it !!
Replaced the window motor in pass. side door...
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