My new van v3

[DNFXDLI]

Thanks Randy,
Ian...yes it does what you said, thanks for the tip.

 

[O'Rattlecan]

It came! It finally came!!!!

Ryan

 

[DNFXDLI]

It did!!..undamaged and 99% correct as ordered!!

Did some work on the interior today, trying to reuse the Durham boxes we had in the 750.

I sorely underestimated how strong the box carcass is...after I got it hung it was twisting with just it's own weight...think for simplicities sake I will use a piece of Maple plywood on the end as an upright.

No press brake?...no problem

I didn't like the AL rivet, bottom right, so did the rest in steel.

After the sagging, I used some backing underneath the cabinet and some on the shelf side...decided to save time and buy a couple of premade shelf brackets...seems 90 degrees in NA ain't 90 degrees in the China plant..

 

[Beach66Bum]

That's impressive Duncan, nice work!!

 

[DNFXDLI]

Thanks Roy!

 

[fatherdoug]

Looks very nice! China's 90 deg is in metric.....................

 

[DNFXDLI]

Thanks Doug...and yeah, I tend to agree...

 

[mrxlh]

Well it didn't go to "V4" As expected. Love the color, glad you finally got out of the Chevy, you were starting to type like Frank................

 

[DNFXDLI]

Damn......and thanks Ryan!

 

[DNFXDLI]

Dicked around with the idea of making a gable for the end for support...easiest thing will be to simply order another shelf end.

Won't see it for a couple of weeks so I cut a 2x2 and wedged it in...should be ok for now.

Found out what they gave me for the extra fuse panel/upfitter wiring....not bad at all, there are 3 seperate fused connections outside the battery box...each with a stud and fused at 60A.

Batteries are under the drivers seat and are AGM's.

Access is pretty good with the seat fully forward.

Plan will be to get a couple of ATC fuse blocks and run #6 welding cable to them.

That will then feed the battery chargers, Espar heater and extra interior lighting.

I might just pull the third wire up there for a future inverter or something...that 60A would power a 500 watt inverter with no issues.

 

[SuperCab]

That is pretty heavy for upfitter wiring. Impressive!

 

[DNFXDLI]

That is pretty heavy for upfitter wiring. Impressive!

It is..that is on top of the 4 switches on the dash,which I think are all fed with 20A ccts.

 

[SuperCab]

The switches are the same as the Super Dutys have I suppose?

 

[DNFXDLI]

The switches are the same as the Super Dutys have I suppose?

Identical...also the brake contoller is the same way to the left of it.

I got them mainly for adding aux. lights...but even though they are not HID projectors, the stock lights work very well.

I might experiment using high power LED replacement lamps as they have them now..not cheap, around $100 per bulb...but cheaper and less screwing around adding lights.

 

[SuperCab]

The transit looks like it's pieced together from the rest of fords offerings... Seems to borrow heavily from the trucks obviously but the steering wheel and dash looks very explorer/flex/edge to me. Efficient I guess!

 

[DNFXDLI]

It's a hodgepodge...functional though and a vast improvement over the E-series.

 

[DNFXDLI]

700 miles so far, mostly highway doing 65-70 mph. Getting 17mpg US...so a little over 20 imp. I am very happy so far.

 

[fatherdoug]

The seats are comfortable?

 

[DNFXDLI]

Very....10 way power with lumbar...except for who knows what reason...no heat!

 

[fatherdoug]

Was heat not an option?