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I went through this same line of thought when it was time to move on from a mid size truck with RTT. Drove several quig vans and other radius arm conversion E series vans with sub par build outs that were all priced over 50k. All needed major repairs, or drove like hell. Was starting to get...

Got some updates on my personal van! Been tinkering with a Chinese diesel heater I got from a customer. This was one of the heaters that is self contained in the big red box. Got it for free from a customer, so I just sliced it all up to make it work for me. Little one helping me tinker...

This was a fun project, 1978 Volvo c303 (TGB11) in for a complete scheduled maintenance, portal axle re-seal, added fuel mixture adjusters to the carbs for altitude, breakerless ignition, fabbed up some sides steps to make it easier to get into and alse extended the spare mount for the larger...

Hey look, now I have method 701s! Just had to have my own. Its so hard to find wheels in the right back pacing for these vans that aren't covered in stupid fake bolts and dumb fake bead locks. I think these suit the vans perfectly. I also got some hand me down 2008 seats and pass. swivel...

Next project was a super clean 2000 v10 chateau that came to me with a pretty half assed install on a MG kit under it. Had 3.55 gears in the axles, loose bolts everywhere, it was a mess. He wanted to run 35s, so we decided to go with 4.56 gears and a OX locker in the rear. We also ordered him up...

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Here 's another customer project we wrapped up a few weeks ago, '95 7.3 born free motorhome. Got a 6" U joint conversion with 33" tires. We also did the Ujoint on board air setup and a Chinese diesel heater! All torn down! Spring hangers drilled in Axle built up while waiting on powder...

Its cheaper due to the roll stability control, at least if you are doing a Ujoint offroad conversion. They have a proprietary blend of herbs and spices to keep the the RSC system working properly on the post 2005 vans which means you have to buy a completely built axle from them. On pre 2005...

Oh, and they also got better transmissions in the later ones.

The sweet spot for me is 2000-2005. 4x4 conversion is cheaper if you go that route, all reasons listed above also. The old pushrod engines get the job done, but they leak like crazy, difficult to work on, poor fuel economy etc. Not like the 5.4 or 6.8 are great on fuel, but slightly better.

Covid restrictions lifted a little around here, so the boys and me high tailed it down to my buddies ranch in ridgway for my "baby bachelor party " Was the perfect send off into fatherhood! Also my good buddy Mike form stanceworks put together a feature on the van shot on our 2019 trip for...

Some of you might recognize this rig (willywalderbeast). He had the dreaded spark plug blow out not to far from me, so we decided to fix it properly once and for all We opted to just yank the engine as this rig has higher mileage, and we wanted to go through and fix all the common issues. Got...

I love the red cross vans. You know nothing too terrible ever happened in them, so they are free of bad juju! For that cheap price of admission, you could spend some money going through the engine and addressing the common issues right up. I always liked the 6.0 when I was working for ford. Once...

Luckily through covid the shop was able to stay open, but I was stir crazy like all of us in my free time. I had completely detailed the van within the first 10 hours of lockdown. Now what the hell am I gonna do. So remember back on the first page when I said that huge offset upper ball joint...

Another thing I was never really happy with was the cross bar rack setup. It was all free, and that was great but I had really been wanting a platform rack. I liked the front runner platform, but it was kind of lacking on accessories, and their gutter clamps were kinda weird looking. My pal Mike...

I was never really happy with the 35" km3s. My first issue with them was that they are tragically undersized. Like almost a full inch under what they say they are. Just looked too small on the van. I had rolled some toyos under it as they are the most true to size out there and it still wasn't...

Up until this point, I had just been running the fridge off the start battery without much issue. We don't ever really camp up in one spot for more than a night and usually drive between 4-5 hours a day on trips. This gave us plenty of charge for the night, but on this trip up to flaming gorge...

I did riv-nuts into factory holes. Wanted to be able to easily get in the doors if I ever needed to.

I had been wanting to do something to utilize space on/in the doors for quite some time. I was gifted some CAD files from another member here that I will leave nameless so he isn't attacked for them of all 4 doors. I tweaked the files a bit and sent them off to my pals at adventure vehicle...

Love those so much. Everyone always says it in your threads, but you'd sell those like crazy if you wanted to