our new family van/tow rig

[bdyer]

Guys,

I am a landcruiser guy but the advantages of a van for a larger family are great. First i would like to thank Derek at Colorado vans, Michael at Mg and Chris at ujoint for the advise todate. We found a clean 02 7.3 quigely used as a wheel chair van. I am in the process of getting it base lined and interior remodeled. The van had a good hot and ground at the rear of the van that ran the lift. Since i removed the lift, my plan is to use it and install a fuse box and inverter. What are your recommendations for an aux fuse box and inverter?

 

[bknudtsen]

http://www.bluesea.com/products/5029/ST_Blade_Fuse_Block_-_12_Circuits_with_Cover

 

[rockbender]

Great base rig! I'm sure this goes without saying, but make sure that the existing wires are sized adequately for whatever size inverter and/or accessories you're planning on running.

 

[java]

Looks clean. 2nd to the Blue Sea products

 

[Shocker]

Wow! Looks great!

 

[bdyer]

Thanks for the comments

 

[bdyer]

thanks for the advise on the fuse box. I ordered one last night

 

[Accrete]

Looks like a great rig!
Enjoy the adventures.

 

[bdyer]

Power locks

I found a set of power doors at a junk yard, if you have a manual truck does the wiring harness have the plugs for the power windows and door locks, also is it hard to add the second alternator

 

[jbob]

Nice find!

 

[bdyer]

work done

fuel bowl fixed
interior stripped
front axle serviced
new radiator and all needed hoses
new mich 265/75/16 ltx at2
converted from manual to power locks and windows. BTW the junk yard find had bad interior door panels so if anyone has a gray set they would part with let me know.

Up next new interior.

I have never owned a diesel, are there any 7.3 owners that wish they had the V10?

 

[John W]

How hard was it to swap in the doors with the power windows?

My 7.3 is all manual too.

Thinking about putting in the OEM cruise control too.

 

[bdyer]

The rear and side doors are easy there is only one riveted bracket that holds the motor. I just cut a small area out of the donor and welded into my doors. I had planned to do the front doors the same way but they have about 6 of those per door. So I could either cut the entire interior skin out and weld it back in or just find a good pair of doors at a junk yard. I am on the search for a good pair of doors. My main harness was set up to go either way so I just had to source the door harnesses. I have a extra interior harness that came with the doors minus the door harness if u need

 

[John W]

Ooh, thanks, I'll have to let you know when I figure out what I'm doing.

Once we stop getting slammed with snow every week here I plan to spend a little more time getting the van in shape and maybe start a build thread.

 

[bdyer]

I was cleaning up the wiring and looking for the 7 pin adaptor harness. Currently it has a 4 pin which plugs in over the drivers side rear axle. There is a split in the harness and it goes to the rear third member. Does this control the limited slip or what is it for?