M2 Freightliner Ambulance Conversion Project. 2007 Crew Cab
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rossvtaylor
Adventurer
Rain? Pffft... I can't even see the front of our Freightliner under the snow!
I also replaced the foam in our Bostrom driver's seat and it made a huge difference. But, I did have to modify it a bit to fit the seat cover on the base. On ours, the cover had a flap sewn in about midway back on the base, which helped keep the base cover from flopping around and sort of tucked down tight in the middle of the seat bottom. That flap wasn't long enough to work with the new foam, as designed, since there's a rod that slides across the foam (and through the flap segments) to hold it in place. And the new foam was designed slightly different. I ended up using parachute cord to tie it in place.
Good luck with the rain, guys!
I also replaced the foam in our Bostrom driver's seat and it made a huge difference. But, I did have to modify it a bit to fit the seat cover on the base. On ours, the cover had a flap sewn in about midway back on the base, which helped keep the base cover from flopping around and sort of tucked down tight in the middle of the seat bottom. That flap wasn't long enough to work with the new foam, as designed, since there's a rod that slides across the foam (and through the flap segments) to hold it in place. And the new foam was designed slightly different. I ended up using parachute cord to tie it in place.
Good luck with the rain, guys!
Ozrockrat
Expedition Leader
The seat refurbishment was one of the easier jobs done on this truck. Since I had a spare Bostrom or 3 sitting in the garage I grabbed one of those (this was the torture seat originally the drivers seat form the 99 FL60 that nearly crippled me on the trip from Miami to Phoenix).
Time from start to finish was about 40 minutes with the bulk of the time being taken up getting the old foam off the seat frame where 18 years of neglect had stuck it. In the end the leftover bits of a whizzy wheel stripped it off fairly well but made a huge mess.
Now for a few pictures. No comments on the crap filled garage.
Now this shows why I had a sore ********
I will test this out first on the missus to see is she is OK with replacing the high $ princess throne with one of these to match things up in the cab. Maybe I can sell her throne off to recoup some of the money. Refurbishing these seats is at least a 2 for the price of 1 deal compared to buying a replacement that does fit as well anyway.
Time from start to finish was about 40 minutes with the bulk of the time being taken up getting the old foam off the seat frame where 18 years of neglect had stuck it. In the end the leftover bits of a whizzy wheel stripped it off fairly well but made a huge mess.
Now for a few pictures. No comments on the crap filled garage.
Now this shows why I had a sore ********
I will test this out first on the missus to see is she is OK with replacing the high $ princess throne with one of these to match things up in the cab. Maybe I can sell her throne off to recoup some of the money. Refurbishing these seats is at least a 2 for the price of 1 deal compared to buying a replacement that does fit as well anyway.
AmbulanceRV
New member
Wow! those seats turned out amazing !!
Bad ***!
Bad ***!
RiderBloke
Observer
Love the old Beemer in the background. Beautiful colour.
I ride a newer BMW for fun.
Oh yes the seat is excellent too. Great work.
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rlrenz
Explorer
No comments on the garage -- every garage I've ever seen need to be bigger, and no matter how big it is when you build it, it's never big enough - especially with our 20,000 Lb toys. Every tool box or cabinet I own is full, and I don't have a square foot of wall that isn't covered by a cabinet, shelf, or tool box -- I had to mount a decimal equivalents chart on the back of the door.
My own garage was huge and empty when I built it - then I moved in. Empty to full at the speed of light!
My own garage was huge and empty when I built it - then I moved in. Empty to full at the speed of light!
Ozrockrat
Expedition Leader
They feel a lot better than any of the others I have installed (except the princess throne). Good enough that I got the approval to leave that one in the passengers side and sell off the princess throne (anyone need a semi seat with only 2500 miles of ******** time
). But the cloth does feel good and I will even spring for a set of arm rests now I know what it is like. At $75 each for the arm rests I didn't buy them straight away in case this one turned out like crap.
Ozrockrat
Expedition Leader
The only vehicle I have that I will not put a price on. All the rest are for sale at the right $$$$. In the garage photo you cannot see the best bit.
RiderBloke
Observer
It's gorgeous.
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Ozrockrat
Expedition Leader
Hmmm this is going to be a problem!!
But also for some reason there is no feedback from the EGR. Think I will attach the EGR problem plus check fuel supplies before I work on the engine power side. On the good side it is running well enough on 5 cylinders to get the camping side sorted and registered in AZ as an RV before playing with engines and running gear.
But also for some reason there is no feedback from the EGR. Think I will attach the EGR problem plus check fuel supplies before I work on the engine power side. On the good side it is running well enough on 5 cylinders to get the camping side sorted and registered in AZ as an RV before playing with engines and running gear.
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