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So, for those looking at these, how have you squared the reliability of the 3.5 ecoboost and the 10r80 in with your purchase? If I wanted to get one that wasn't going to have CDF drum issues or cam phases issues, it looks like the first year where both of those was fixed is...2024? Also is the...

Right. I don't think the US ever got a gas 4x4 sprinter. I was just curious if that was the 6 or the standard output OM651 4 cyl. I bet that tune really wakes it up too. I'm super curious how the new HO 4 cyl does with mpg once it gets 33s and a camper build. I always thought the perfect...

2017 - so that would be the OM642 in it? That's pretty good for the 6 if so.

@86scotty was that a high top or standard height van? But a extra couple MPG is about what I figured would be the net benefit of going to a Transit vs E-Series, although some Transit class C drivers report 8-12 on the highway which is right in line w/ the V10. Not enough of a reason alone to...

To be clear I was looking specifically at the ecoboost options, which get thirsty under boost. The n/a V6 probably does better.

Their first gear is pretty tall (for not having a t-case). They used the extra gears to reduce gear steps, not necessarily to broaden the spread. Keep in mind higher crawl ratio = better, but 1st gear often get's called a crawl gear in lieu of a low range. Language can be mixed here. Point...

I was recently doing the math on the factory crawl ratios of the Sprinters, Transits, and Econolines w/ 4x4 conversions. The Sprinters and 4 speed Econolines are actually pretty close to each other. The 5 speed (and above) Econolines have a good bit higher ratio than the rest. The awd Transits...

Air force van I assume? These things are always cool when they pop up. Just wish they had ~4" more standing height inside.

Quigley uses a short arm 4-link, not a radius arm setup like Quadvan and Clydesdale currently use. Timberline and CCV are in the 4-link camp too. I've wheel the piss out of radius arm setups that didn't flex as well as a long arm 3 or 4 link. Good tires and line choice is more important than...

IIRC from when I was looking at these, they are have the option for 4 season insulation too. Seemed like a good package and I liked the floorplan better than the Thor.

Did you get the CEL sorted? When I test drove it (presumably right before you bought it) the ECM still wasn't playing nicely w/ the manual trans and was throwing a code. Or so she surmised anyway.

Not sure I follow as the 210 and the PW Excel are the same size. Source: I own an Excel TS already. I have talked to Timberline a few times in the past given my proximity to them and they have a 5" option for the Chevys, and they like the Chevys for the ride vs anything solid axle, just with...

Looks like you have a RoadTrek Express 190 now. Why not go with the 210 version? Same idea as the PW Ford platform, but can keep IFS for a better ride

Pics of 4x4 conversion of name of conversion will help...so will specifying which drivetrain. Didn't know they still did turtle tops in 2021, good to know. Has the 7.3 gasser?

Cash only or interested in trades?

Question about the diesel and that big frontal area of the camper - what does it actually get for highway mpg? There's a lot to like in this package.

Aren't diesels older than 1997 exempt in CA? Also, I saw the note on the 0.67 overdrive - what ratio is in the axles? Meaning, how is it on the highways?

Got it, and thanks for the response on using 4x4. I did manage to get my EB, 2wd, unlocked van uphill through Longs Canyon in Moab's one rock section, but it did require more momentum and tire spinning than I would have liked, and that's with an empty-ish van. The hive mind would tell me that a...

I just got back from a euro trip and almost every single car & van on the road over there is a diesel with an adblue system. I asked around about failures and high maint costs and people just looked at me weird. Is there something in the US fuel making it harder on the systems? Or why are they...

So...however many thousand miles later, have you had a chance/reason to use the 4x4 yet? Since this thread has started, I have picked up a 20' Class B and I'm leaning more and more to just a mild lift kit, proper leaf springs in the back, and sending it. Sand driving is the only thing giving me...