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I am still finding Australian dirt in the strangest places. :ROFLMAO: Pulled a full pound out of a body cavity the other day... At least your truck doesn't have to many closed spaces where it can get caught.

Hey folks, a couple quick updates on upcoming changes. I discovered I have a leak on the passenger side slider window. My guess is a small gap in the sealant attaching the window adapter, but I will investigate. Jen has finished the proof of concept code and circuit design for the fridge...

Another in the nearly finished saga. I had 2 new driveshafts made by a nearby-ish shop. Good quality shafts btw. Vibration is gone. Well I still have some TC clutch shudder, but that's a different thread. Did a bit of front end maintenance. I bought some Meyle sprinter rack boots. They...

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Indeed, a friend hated his dodge with one. I have liked this 9.5" okay so far. Other than my own screwups, and the lack of a aftermarket pinion spacer kit. The shafts are pretty meaty, bearing size is okay, parking brake is reasonable to adjust. I wish it had a drain plug, meh. I had...

Yeah, thankfully the shaft bearing surface is actually okay, so If I need to go back to the original bearing I probably can. Just need to epoxy and smooth the seal surface in that case. I measured the shaft bearing surface and it was about 0.0004-0.0005 under spec, surprisingly. Most every...

I think you may have better luck billing it as an ambulance. Use the new sale value for the ambulance as a reference. The other guys insurance should pay a evaluator to research what the van was worth. This means looking for comparable sales in the last few months. In anticipation of this, I...

Howdy folks, doing some winter maintenance during a layover for a bit. A few things needed adressed. 1: I slightly modified the GM parking brake lever arms to make them shorter, parking brake much improved. 2: Both my rear axle seals were leaking. Ended up having 0.01" vertical play (not...

Those are pretty similar to the ones I had made. Note that you can have a fair bit of material removed from the inside of the plate to make it lighter. If you have access to a fabrication shop, you can have a 1-2" wide rim rolled and welded on. Each wheel can be made slightly smaller than the...

Drop Van Compass an email and tell them what you are looking for. They have a variety of suspension changes available to dramatically improve the factory ride on heavy vans. They have recently changed some of their offerings, so I can't recommend anything specific.

Yeah, the same sprinter. Though the suspension has changed since we did the shipping. My van has a roof vent, which is the highest spot. It weighs near the gross weight limit, and it was lifted 2" from north american stock. T1N sprinter 4x4s are 3" taller than north american T1Ns factory...

I don't see a whole lot of improvement over shipping wheels with skids. When I had mine cut, I only had 2" of clearance from the lowest suspension component to the ground. In some cases this will be the brake rotor, or the front low balljoint. Regardless there may be an additional loading...

The container floors are solid oak or similar. They get blocks screwed onto them, and forklifts drive on them. I would not be worried about damage.

I have done this. I can't find a photo right off, but I just had some 1/2" steel plate plasma cut into a manhole cover like thing. They had almost no traction, so getting up a ramp into the container required a pull through. They did stack pretty compact, though they were heavy. Another...

Thanks for keeping us up to date. Glad to see another van getting good use. I didn't see it mentioned, but if you don't have the tools to air down, and a compressor to air up, you are not really prepared to drive on sandy stuff. Air pressure is the #1 task on the soft stuff recovery list, and...

If you don't mind essentially replacing everything, a 60s or 70s rig like that could be made to work. There might be some step vans which were offered with 4x4. Some step vans use common ford or GM powerplants and transmissions. It would probably be better to go with a 90s step van with...

I would also be curious what the major differences are between this offering and the Quigley setup. Both seem to use a fair bit of F150 parts. I would be curious what suspension travel ratios, and spring options are available. Campers will have a fair bit of weight on the front axle, which...

As long as you size the cables properly, you can get good charge rates between the two. Depending on alternator voltage, you may want to aim for less than 0.15V drop at somewhere around 20A. Ideally you could get 50A with that voltage drop, but its not required if you get most of your charging...

Compression fittings would be okay as a temp repair, but long term they pose a failure risk in my opinion.

The glass and epoxy can be removed by heating to 600f typically, if needed. If you need to bond to oil soaked aluminum, an acid etch helps. You can also try flex lines instead of hard. However you may need more support points.