The TARDIS - A Four Wheel Camper Build
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Overland Hadley
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Water Tank
Started fitting the water system.
Stainless steel footmans loops for securing the Scepter water tanks. Bought from McMaster.com, part number 8030T15, for anyone who is interested.
Here is the water line coming out of the Scepter. Incredibly tight fit, had to really work to get it though. It currently will hold a suction, so no worries about water leaking while it splashes around while driving.
This is the half inch reinforced water line I am using. McMaster part number 9336T3.
Twenty dollars in parts, stainless steel is expensive.
Planning on more work on the water system tomorrow....
Started fitting the water system.
Stainless steel footmans loops for securing the Scepter water tanks. Bought from McMaster.com, part number 8030T15, for anyone who is interested.
Here is the water line coming out of the Scepter. Incredibly tight fit, had to really work to get it though. It currently will hold a suction, so no worries about water leaking while it splashes around while driving.
This is the half inch reinforced water line I am using. McMaster part number 9336T3.
Twenty dollars in parts, stainless steel is expensive.
Planning on more work on the water system tomorrow....
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Overland Hadley
on a journey
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Heater Mount
Worked on the mounting plates for the Wave heater.
Ended up taking the heater apart so I could bolt the heater to the mounting plates, instead of relying on the slotted screw holes.
Took the mounting nuts for feet off to save weight. Joking.
I took them off because now the bottom looks smoother without the unused hardware.
Got everything lined and squared up, so the first couple screws went in. Might still move the heater up or down a bit, but currently it is lined up with the table. (The bottom of the heater is level with the top of the table in it's travel position.) And I like that.
Worked on the mounting plates for the Wave heater.
Ended up taking the heater apart so I could bolt the heater to the mounting plates, instead of relying on the slotted screw holes.
Took the mounting nuts for feet off to save weight. Joking.
I took them off because now the bottom looks smoother without the unused hardware.
Got everything lined and squared up, so the first couple screws went in. Might still move the heater up or down a bit, but currently it is lined up with the table. (The bottom of the heater is level with the top of the table in it's travel position.) And I like that.
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24HOURSOFNEVADA
Expedition Leader
That install looks good.
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Thanks for the kind words.
I am currently feeling frustrated buy the minimalist interior that this build is requiring. Humph! I guess I need to embrace the industrial loft feel.
I also partially took apart the cabinetry, one of my brackets was a 16th off and it was really bugging me. But I think I got it straitened out, although it is not reassemble yet.
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Current work on the water system.
Trying something out of the ordinary with the location of the Whale pump, as there is not a cabinet to mount it inside. Yes that is the foot pump coming out mid-wall, from my mock up it should work okay but we will see.
Trying something out of the ordinary with the location of the Whale pump, as there is not a cabinet to mount it inside. Yes that is the foot pump coming out mid-wall, from my mock up it should work okay but we will see.
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Got the Yak feet. I am impressed with the quality, so I am happy. :ylsmoke:
I only have one bar at the moment, but I cleaned it up and installed it. The burnished aluminum bar looks a little bling, but there is/will be plenty of other aluminum brackets so it should be okay.
The roof rack is coming along!
I only have one bar at the moment, but I cleaned it up and installed it. The burnished aluminum bar looks a little bling, but there is/will be plenty of other aluminum brackets so it should be okay.
The roof rack is coming along!
Stan@FourWheel
Explorer
Your build is coming together nicely.
I'm enjoying following what you are doing.
Enjoy your summer.
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I'm enjoying following what you are doing.
Enjoy your summer.
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lostworldexpedition
Explorer
WOW! Sorry my vocabulary is limited... amazing stuff in this thread. Thank you.
Great name as well.
Great name as well.
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Your build is coming together nicely.
I'm enjoying following what you are doing.
Enjoy your summer.
Thanks Stan! I am enjoying working on the camper, thanks for building such a solid starting point with the shell model.
The next four months my work schedule will be dictated by the weather, hopefully I will have the chance to keep working on the camper thru the summer.
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Getting closer to finishing my lifting struts.
I wanted to do something different than the four struts mounted on the outside, so I went about designing an interior mounting solution. And you know what? In the end, I ended up with a design almost exactly like what the factory offers. I had never understood the factory's mounting location, but now that I did the figuring and came up with the same solution, I understand it better.
Not that my mounting is going to be the same as FWC offers, I am using sailboat hardware, it is stainless steel hot forged in France.
The main function of my mounting system is that the struts are mounted using quick-realease hardware, so I can remove quickly and easily.
Here are some photos of the lower mount, still waiting on some final parts for the upper mounts.
I wanted to do something different than the four struts mounted on the outside, so I went about designing an interior mounting solution. And you know what? In the end, I ended up with a design almost exactly like what the factory offers. I had never understood the factory's mounting location, but now that I did the figuring and came up with the same solution, I understand it better.
Not that my mounting is going to be the same as FWC offers, I am using sailboat hardware, it is stainless steel hot forged in France.
The main function of my mounting system is that the struts are mounted using quick-realease hardware, so I can remove quickly and easily.
Here are some photos of the lower mount, still waiting on some final parts for the upper mounts.