Forum: General Sportsmobile
02-04-2024, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
01-29-2024, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,672
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
01-29-2024, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,672
Thx for the encouragement @Twoxentrix . I miss...
Thx for the encouragement @Twoxentrix . I miss the OEM seats a little. I sprang for the one from Europe -- I forgot the name-- that cost more than my first car (people claimed they drove for 10...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
01-29-2024, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,672
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
01-29-2024, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,672
How do you get your SMB to Canada or out West?
We want to camp in Canada this summer, but after building the perfect van, I realized too late that the places we want to take it are many days' driving from here in Texas.
The spot we want to...
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Forum: Appliances and Interior
12-24-2023, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 8,959
@ OP, I just removed this Proair D5 Gasoline...
@ OP, I just removed this Proair D5 Gasoline heater (pic attached). I did so to replace with a smaller Espar, but it turns out the installation was just poor (too long a run from fuel tank to fuel...
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Forum: Appliances and Interior
11-14-2023, 10:38 PM
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Replies: 79
Views: 8,959
To the OP, I just purchased the newest Espar...
To the OP, I just purchased the newest Espar gasoline heater last week. It is the one recommended most by the people I spoke with and googled, and I'm putting my money where my mouth is b/c I'm...
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Forum: Member Classifieds
11-14-2023, 07:24 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 522
These are the back windows. Will check on...
These are the back windows. Will check on shipping. And I'm re-using the metal trim-retaining clips (the silver thing in the upper left pictured here), if that's what you're talking about, but I...
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Forum: Member Classifieds
11-13-2023, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 522
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
11-13-2023, 07:32 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 610
PS Just to maybe re-use the same thread, I've...
PS Just to maybe re-use the same thread, I've been looking for a two-person bench in this position. If I can't get a stowaway, let me know if anyone has a source for the 2-person stock Ford bench...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
11-13-2023, 07:29 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 610
Thanks for confirming @carringb . I think I've...
Thanks for confirming @carringb . I think I've seen them with a drop-down leg (different from Ray's post), so, in theory, at least that style wouldn't have quite as much cantilevered stress when...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
11-12-2023, 09:16 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 610
fold-sideways 2-person bench
Does anyone know whether these type of stowable benches use the regular Ford bolt pattern? You can find take-outs from E350-based buses, so I thought there's a chance...
I see them for sale...
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Forum: Projects, Modifications and Known Issues
11-11-2023, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 40,641
@1der, I only have the driver's side, not the...
@1der, I only have the driver's side, not the passenger's. Turns out I didn't actually have a passenger's side (erroneously was sent a driver's side + one barn door, which I butchered for the spacer...
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Forum: Projects, Modifications and Known Issues
11-10-2023, 05:05 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 40,641
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Forum: Projects, Modifications and Known Issues
11-10-2023, 06:52 AM
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Replies: 57
Views: 40,641
Thank you Ray. It turns out my door won't close...
Thank you Ray. It turns out my door won't close with the pop-out version of the trim because the outboard protrusion that gives it its squared-off profile overlaps by an inch or two with the box I...
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Forum: Projects, Modifications and Known Issues
11-09-2023, 05:51 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 40,641
@carringb and others familiar with the pictured...
@carringb and others familiar with the pictured window trim: My 2013 E350 XLT passenger van had the non-pop-out window trim, but I was able to source this squared-off trim piece like the OP used with...
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Forum: Appliances and Interior
11-09-2023, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,743
I'm doing the pop-out conversion today and...
I'm doing the pop-out conversion today and noticed this fact as well (that the top of the pop-outs isn't really hinged). I had high hopes of installing a pull-pin (from Vanoptics) in the latch, and...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
10-20-2023, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 2,104
Yeah, I started with a stock passenger EB 2013...
Yeah, I started with a stock passenger EB 2013 E350, and the door panel says 80 in the rear, and 60 up front. I've never run anything that high, and wouldn't have put 80 in them except the (stock)...
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics
10-20-2023, 12:29 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,606
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Forum: Member Classifieds
10-20-2023, 07:38 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,111
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics
10-17-2023, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,606
Great info and tip @kbeefy . I'll do that. My...
Great info and tip @kbeefy . I'll do that. My van is a ground-up homebrew, with help from a few different shops at different times, so things are a little "interesting" as I learn what everybody...
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics
10-16-2023, 05:12 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,606
Thanks Ray. Sounds pretty similar to my 30A...
Thanks Ray. Sounds pretty similar to my 30A draw. I've got a medium top, rhino-lined from CCV, installed June 2021, with full-length aluminum roof rack/deck and deployable raised railing along 2...
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics
10-14-2023, 07:51 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,606
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics
10-14-2023, 07:47 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,606
Thanks for the thoughts guys. I was monitoring...
Thanks for the thoughts guys. I was monitoring the pop-top draw with what they call the Renogy "screen" (3in by 2in box connected via cat 5 to the battery). The screen showed a draw of 30amps (it...
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Forum: Electrical and Electronics
10-13-2023, 05:54 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,606
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