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Flashback to Summer. Continuing the Yellowstone trip. Medano pass on the Sand Dunes Park was fun. Above St Elmo we found a nice spot to spend the night. We do hike too. Rocky Mountains National Park. I loved Emerald Lake. Cool place to swim. Next Episode: Great Tetons

That is the mufler that came with the heater. At some point I may re-locate to a point where it blows pass the body of the van, but I do not think there will be a problem where it is. It's bolted to the frame under the barn doors. The fuel line comes from the back, to the hole where the pump...

Chinese Diesel Heater installed. Ready to face the snowstorm. The whole rear of the van needs to be redone so it will have a cabinet around it. The tank was the hardest part to decide where to mount it as I didn't want it to be inside. After seeing lots of people with them inside I decide to...

Well, after a lot of soul-searching and evaluating risk vs rewards, I decided to get new shoes. Falken AT3W 285/75r18. They are a narrow 35", replacing the Nitto RT 35/12.5r18. I only have driven them from the store to home, but they feel a lot quieter (Just the rubber not being dry will have...

Getting ready for our Christmas trip to Colorado. On the Old van, I had Falken AT3W and I love them in the snow. On this one, I got a good deal on Toyo RT. I've read mixed reviews on snow performance and being almost an MT tire and with some wear, I've decided to do some DIY "upgrades" . I got...

I'll leave the details of the Yellowstone trip for later. New transmission blew up in Salt Lake City after only 3000ish miles. Still trying to get something form the " builder"... Progress on the vehicle: New graphics. Hopefully looks less creepy. Change diff oil. 4,000 miles after...

SOLD - Going with nice couple ready to start their VanLife adventure. We are already missing this van. Lost of memories.

Mine checked most of your boxes and then some. Why didn’t you check the classified here? It was even on the featured classified. I sold it last week. https://expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/2010-ford-e350-mg-4x4-van-houston-tx-area.235354/

Whatever was available at Home Depot. You can see all the build up here The Rig Runner

The middle seats use the OEM mounting plates. The rear seat uses the OEM brackets too but the legs are cut shorter hence the unistruts.

A few more pics.

2010 Ford E350 4x4. V8 5.4l gasoline. Total Miles 260K. Converted to 4x4 in June 2017 with 206K Miles. Total miles on the conversion 55K. Price: $29,000 OBO Located in North Houston, TX 4x4 Conversion at 206K miles MG Metalworks conversion Kit. 2008 F350 Front Axle Superlift Control...

The big trip for the summer was Yellowstone with my brother-in-law. We checked to rent an RV for them and it was ridiculously expensive. Plan B: I'll build a second van in 7 months and travel with two vans. I guess I didn't remember what it takes to build these vans. I spend those 7 months...

Rear tire carrier: done. Front winch: done. Front hitch and Harbor Freight winch plate. Stay tunned for the details on our trip from Houston to Yellowstone. Here we are with the two vans in the Tetons.

Got a metal tank shortened. The mistery of the location of the vapor cannister was solved when I dropped the plastic tank: It resides between the first vent and the gas pump. Great! now I need to find a place to relocate it. I can not use the regular spot used on the older vans because I have...

You have the snap ring out, right? They are a pain in the bottom to take out, but they are easy to miss. This is the part I hate about working on the front axle.

Yes. It's an extra reinforcement I'm using the F350 bolt as it's long enough. This is what the other end looks like. the yellow circle is the bolt for the sway bar. The red circle is on the steering stabilizer hole. The end is cut. On the end that I'm bolting on the track bar bracket, I...

I’m using the MG kit again.

Making progress. Axles installed. Still need to weld in place the spring and the shock absorber perches. Love the stance. The springs lift a little bit less than the RigRunner but with bigger tires is almost the same height. With the old steering linkage I did my signature track bar...

Same spring retainer. Aftermarket springs use thicker gauge wire. I remember sometimes can be a pain. You may want to bent or conform the retainer a little bit. I’ll be installing the front axle on my new van this week. Most likely I’ll be in the same predicament.