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[ujoint]

Real quick question on the 5.4 exhaust. I take it you ran the exhaust into a new muffler with two inlets?


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It's T'd in in front of the bumper.

 

[DzlToy]

Has the Transit not replaced the E-series after all?

2017 FORD E-350 BOX TRUCK - STRAIGHT TRUCK, CUTAWAY-CUBE VAN in Somerset, PA

http://www.commercialtrucktrader.com/listing/2017-Ford-E-350--119583247

 

[Jsweezy]

They are going to continue to make the Cutaways, just not the cargo/passenger vans anymore.

 

[k9lestat]

My shifter has been getting a little slop to it,356,000 miles will do that. Hard to get into drive, and sometimes I have to hold the shifter up into park to get it to start. I just found this video, my bolts were definitely loose. It's pretty tight but you don't have to remove anything. I used a Torx #30 on a 1/4" ratchet with a 4" extension. You also need a flashlight and a Band-aid, there is some sharp metal up in there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFa5maYbW8I

Same problem with crown Victoria models too.

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[Bikersmurf]

They are going to continue to make the Cutaways, just not the cargo/passenger vans anymore.

Excellent news

 

[Jsweezy]

Excellent news

ha ha ya, I am hoping to find a good deal 4-5 years from now on a cutaway and just swap my van body over onto it.

 

[ujoint]

Had a great time last night at the Van Life Rally, such a great group of people! They wore me out, didn't stop talking from 3-10. We brought 8 rigs in various configurations, look forward to next year.

The Sherpa always draws a crowd

 

[DzlToy]

I'm sure it's bured in here somewhere, but can you offer a quick explanation of the lifiting roof on V4 (specs, hardware, controls, weight, etc)

tks

 

[radorsch]

ha ha ya, I am hoping to find a good deal 4-5 years from now on a cutaway and just swap my van body over onto it.

I think I saw that sportsmobile is making a complete body to drop on the cutaways, so they can keep using the Ford platform.

 

[DzlToy]

^^ or Chris can just start selling V4 type utility bodies for the cut-away chassis

 

[radorsch]

^^^ that would be sweet... Specially with a customizable Sherpa module!

 

[ujoint]

I'm sure it's bured in here somewhere, but can you offer a quick explanation of the lifiting roof on V4 (specs, hardware, controls, weight, etc)

tks

The top weighs 400 lbs, there's an air strut in each corner that is supposed to lift 150ea but we couldn't get them to work properly. Tried multiple 'solutions". Once we added the lift struts on the outside the air system works.

I think I saw that sportsmobile is making a complete body to drop on the cutaways, so they can keep using the Ford platform.

I think that project has stalled, they're busy selling a million sprinters!

^^ or Chris can just start selling V4 type utility bodies for the cut-away chassis

That would be cool. I've written many estimates for rigs close to V4 but nobody has pulled the trigger yet.

 

[ujoint]

To the woods we went Friday. Rain, lots of wind, good times.

 

[ujoint]

NJ 5.4 is mobile!

 

[k9lestat]

Had a great time last night at the Van Life Rally, such a great group of people! They wore me out, didn't stop talking from 3-10. We brought 8 rigs in various configurations, look forward to next year.

The Sherpa always draws a crowd

The burgundy van obviously did not want to share his beer

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