YOLANDA...My Turbine Princess build 03 7.3 E350 pop top 4x4
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wanderer-rrorc
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So much done with my little helpers!! Deadener installed and had to get the heat gun and extra hands!! Modified and installed 3 of 4 new seats!! They all spin!! Middles lay way back and even fold forward into tables!! Couch is about a FOOT too narrow but will work until I can get the bigger seat (or 2 small seats) made that will be storage/bed...I need to trim the factory floor mat and it will go over top the bases...the current setup has 5x6ft of empty storage...
Kids did AWSOME and we had a fun day!!
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Kids did AWSOME and we had a fun day!!
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wanderer-rrorc
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I used this last time...worked really really well!!!
https://www.homedepot.com/p/******-...-Surfaced-Roof-Leak-Barrier-0912000/100083257
https://www.homedepot.com/p/******-...-Surfaced-Roof-Leak-Barrier-0912000/100083257
wanderer-rrorc
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saving for later...I think this is how Im going to make the couch bases..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG12FappODc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG12FappODc
wanderer-rrorc
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Im gonna guess a lifetime!!
they will be light and COMFY when I put foam cushions on it...my flip back is so hard (metal sleeping platform) even with padding and the Exped Megamats..this will add EXTRA springy ness to it...I think the top bunk is gonna be a web as well!!
top of seat frames built and sitting in shop as I start cutting the metal for the bases..
they will be light and COMFY when I put foam cushions on it...my flip back is so hard (metal sleeping platform) even with padding and the Exped Megamats..this will add EXTRA springy ness to it...I think the top bunk is gonna be a web as well!!
top of seat frames built and sitting in shop as I start cutting the metal for the bases..
wanderer-rrorc
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Got the bench frames built and mocked up..they are gonna be SWEET!! spy photos arnt that great with no webbing yet...
Spent a few hours servicing door locks..and adjusting hinges...they had some issues from the bedliner and A WHOLE LOT of nasty stuff inside the locks..gross!!!!
Got middle seats modified so they slide spin and lay down as they are supposed too!!
Also installed 2 of the 8 overhead LED lights so the back isn't so dark right now..others get installed once top gets cut and interior finish panels n carpet go up! Super bright!!
I've got the driver seat ready to install (and found I need to modify the passenger front seat so it slides full length not just 3 inches..as I pulled the driver side I found that the driver floor was the only cancer I've seen!! Its been cleaned and prepped..currently drying..tomorrow it gets a tin patch caulked and screwed in..and 3 layers of sound deadener...then mat back down..
Then doors deadenered on primary panel and some on the secondary with some stuffing insulation...
Should pick up the roof metal and track this week.
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Spent a few hours servicing door locks..and adjusting hinges...they had some issues from the bedliner and A WHOLE LOT of nasty stuff inside the locks..gross!!!!
Got middle seats modified so they slide spin and lay down as they are supposed too!!
Also installed 2 of the 8 overhead LED lights so the back isn't so dark right now..others get installed once top gets cut and interior finish panels n carpet go up! Super bright!!
I've got the driver seat ready to install (and found I need to modify the passenger front seat so it slides full length not just 3 inches..as I pulled the driver side I found that the driver floor was the only cancer I've seen!! Its been cleaned and prepped..currently drying..tomorrow it gets a tin patch caulked and screwed in..and 3 layers of sound deadener...then mat back down..
Then doors deadenered on primary panel and some on the secondary with some stuffing insulation...
Should pick up the roof metal and track this week.
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wanderer-rrorc
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Supervisor approves of the work...got seats mounted too!! Significant reduction in sound!!!
3 layers of deadener on firewall front fender wells and front floor!! All 200sqft is now used!!
Next insides of doors..and hopefully the pop top!!!!
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3 layers of deadener on firewall front fender wells and front floor!! All 200sqft is now used!!
Next insides of doors..and hopefully the pop top!!!!
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wanderer-rrorc
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havent had much to update this week...
Got the front seats finally mounted after the first few snags ive encoutered...the driver seat wants a lot more power than normal...after struggling with it for 2 days to behave I hooked the battery charger to it and got it adjusted where I wanted and unplugged it...
also got the doors foam filled (spare stuff from my pelican cases..)
I got the wiring schematic done and started on the 110 and 12v stuff (solar 200w and 135ahu house battery setup already built Im moving it from my cargo trailer to the van)...The Fridge and 2 of the 5 USB dual 2.1amp (2 plugins at each chair and bench) sockets wire pulled...and started building the 110 boxes....
My 110 setup will be closer to an RV than typical van setups...Ive got the shore power socket already..it will run to 3 RED outlets (one in each dual outlet box) it will also be direct wired into a 3amp battery maintainer that will do the house battery..also there will be a battery ISOLATOR that will let the factory alternator charge both batterys and allow me to cross link them to jump the van battery from the house battery with the flick of a switch...AND the block heater for the diesel that I always plug in when it is gonna be 30* or lower (my current truck has one..doesnt need it but it DOES let us have heat early in the morning faster when taking the kids to school..)...so plugging in at night in the winter will keep the cold from killing batteries and help the van start easier...with one plug!!
That allows me to plug in at campgrounds whenever we stay at one even if its mid longer trip and fully charge batteries if its cloudy..and the red plugs are so we arnt doing the 110-battery charger-battery-inverter to 110...that way we KNOW we are using shore power not van battery power and Im not guessing which one I can run an extention cord off of without damaging my inverter (plans are 2000 watt pure sine wave...we are putting in a flat screen and gaming system during road trips for the kids...and flip the fridge to 110 if research proves the amp draw is less..and lets us put it on shore power easily)
ALSO BIG NEWS...I ordered the D60 from Ebay...and low and behold I found one in a recycling yard 2 hours from me for $350!!!! Im still freaked out that I got it MUCH cheaper than I guessed it would cost!! and Ive already contacted MG about brackets...so YOLANDA might be 4wd AND a pop top before SPRING!!! IM STOKED!!!!!!
Ive got plenty left to do...but already the sound deadening in the floor walls and doors have made a HUGE diffrence!!! tomorrow shes getting her first couple gallons of Waste Veggie Oil(peanut) added to the tank...I had a system on my old 85 E250 6.9....it LOVED IT!!..more power...and QUIETER engine...If I remember I will do a decible check and see the comparison..
Im gonna try and get out to the garage tomorrow...today was thanksgiving at our house (kids were all at other parents last weekend)...hence the peanut oil...
Got the front seats finally mounted after the first few snags ive encoutered...the driver seat wants a lot more power than normal...after struggling with it for 2 days to behave I hooked the battery charger to it and got it adjusted where I wanted and unplugged it...
also got the doors foam filled (spare stuff from my pelican cases..)
I got the wiring schematic done and started on the 110 and 12v stuff (solar 200w and 135ahu house battery setup already built Im moving it from my cargo trailer to the van)...The Fridge and 2 of the 5 USB dual 2.1amp (2 plugins at each chair and bench) sockets wire pulled...and started building the 110 boxes....
My 110 setup will be closer to an RV than typical van setups...Ive got the shore power socket already..it will run to 3 RED outlets (one in each dual outlet box) it will also be direct wired into a 3amp battery maintainer that will do the house battery..also there will be a battery ISOLATOR that will let the factory alternator charge both batterys and allow me to cross link them to jump the van battery from the house battery with the flick of a switch...AND the block heater for the diesel that I always plug in when it is gonna be 30* or lower (my current truck has one..doesnt need it but it DOES let us have heat early in the morning faster when taking the kids to school..)...so plugging in at night in the winter will keep the cold from killing batteries and help the van start easier...with one plug!!
That allows me to plug in at campgrounds whenever we stay at one even if its mid longer trip and fully charge batteries if its cloudy..and the red plugs are so we arnt doing the 110-battery charger-battery-inverter to 110...that way we KNOW we are using shore power not van battery power and Im not guessing which one I can run an extention cord off of without damaging my inverter (plans are 2000 watt pure sine wave...we are putting in a flat screen and gaming system during road trips for the kids...and flip the fridge to 110 if research proves the amp draw is less..and lets us put it on shore power easily)
ALSO BIG NEWS...I ordered the D60 from Ebay...and low and behold I found one in a recycling yard 2 hours from me for $350!!!! Im still freaked out that I got it MUCH cheaper than I guessed it would cost!! and Ive already contacted MG about brackets...so YOLANDA might be 4wd AND a pop top before SPRING!!! IM STOKED!!!!!!
Ive got plenty left to do...but already the sound deadening in the floor walls and doors have made a HUGE diffrence!!! tomorrow shes getting her first couple gallons of Waste Veggie Oil(peanut) added to the tank...I had a system on my old 85 E250 6.9....it LOVED IT!!..more power...and QUIETER engine...If I remember I will do a decible check and see the comparison..
Im gonna try and get out to the garage tomorrow...today was thanksgiving at our house (kids were all at other parents last weekend)...hence the peanut oil...
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wanderer-rrorc
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I found OVER a dozen of the 05-09 D60's on ebay under $550!!!! Even some down your way in FL...Im curious if the market got saturated with flood cars...which im going to check this one ASAP by draining fluid and seeing if its had waer in it....but remember they sold A LOT of trucks being used for work...many are reaching life expectancy now..