Forum: Member Classifieds
11-10-2019, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,166
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Forum: Member Classifieds
11-09-2019, 03:20 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,166
Your Camper-To-Be with Electric Top
For Sale: PRICE REDUCED! $10,900. This is a clean slate for you to design and build out the way you want it! Already has the Sportsmobile electric raise up "Penthouse" camper top installed. 1999...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
06-09-2015, 10:05 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 994
Re: Need a Photo Tutorial
Ben, it's the ideal vehicle for someone wanting to build an adventure van on their own. That's what I bought it to do. I figured I could get better pieces and parts, the kind and quality I wanted,...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
06-09-2015, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 994
Need a Photo Tutorial
I've been a member for many years but have been off here for a long time and have forgotten stuff.
I have a 7.3 diesel I need to list for sale here and am not sure how to correctly insert...
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Forum: Gadgets and Accessories
03-16-2014, 02:03 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,638
Re: Fiamma vs Carefree
Angel, did they just bolt some flat pieces through your fiberglass top to hang the case on? Is yours a manual crank or motor driven? Whichever, have you had any problems with in and out? Did you...
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Forum: Meetups and Trip Reports
03-16-2014, 01:45 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 9,316
Re: My Big Stuck
Oops. Sorry, just noticed you had no winch. Questions about recovery still good in theory.
On re-reading thread, I did see for the dark I need to be able to set up a large LED work light or two...
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Forum: Meetups and Trip Reports
03-16-2014, 01:29 AM
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Replies: 40
Views: 9,316
Re: My Big Stuck
Congratulations for solving an emergency while soloing. You almost became our first adventure van camper to be swallowed forever in quicksand(mud)!
Did this make you wish you'd bought 4 MaxxTrax?...
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Forum: Gadgets and Accessories
03-14-2014, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,638
Re: Fiamma vs Carefree
I, too, like the Cascadia awning as an alternate to Fiamma. HOWEVER, we have to compare things to thangs. The F45 S that most people have and kinda expensive is a much tougher item than the...
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Forum: Gadgets and Accessories
03-13-2014, 09:09 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,638
Re: Fiamma vs Carefree
Looks like a possible-possible; but their site is horrible. No pix of what the thing looks like at the attachment point, how the poles fold up for storage, etc. I apologize for asking you to take...
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Forum: Gadgets and Accessories
03-13-2014, 07:25 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 9,638
Fiamma vs Carefree
I started this as a new thread because it's about awning choices and not just attachments. But it does seem to be ALL ABOUT brackets, which we're discussing in Zeta's continuing thread about how...
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Forum: Projects, Modifications and Known Issues
03-13-2014, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 238
Views: 46,854
Re: Z's Fiamma Awning Brackets
I have money to send for a set of the real Z brackets if anyone ends up fabbing them and looks back at this thread. If so, PM me.
Buck, does this mean we might be able to buy some from Van...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-09-2014, 02:05 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
Okay, thanks. Unless I find more unattached wires hidden in the bundle, I'm going to ignore the inputs for "Tach Select 1" and "Tach Select 2". Shenrie's diagrams seemed to indicate he put a wire...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-07-2014, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
There are 2 pins in a connector on the back of an '01 F series for 4x4: One to tell the driver it is engaged, the other is to tell the driver he's in low range. On a 2WD pickup those pins are just...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-07-2014, 04:11 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
Shenrie, I've been through my 1999 Econoline Wiring book stem to stern and can't find the wires we need to add to Connector A: Tach Select 1, Tach Select 2, and Tach Input. I notice you didn't hook...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-06-2014, 03:47 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
I was being tongue-in-cheek because I never thought anyone would actually consider paying that. Therefore, I may have you young lads astray. $1,100 only gets you speed, tach, fuel, water temp, oil...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-05-2014, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
I was really salivating over the thought of a costume, digital dash. So I called the site you suggested. No, they don't have a packaged cluster that fits my 1999.5 E350.
However, they will make...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-05-2014, 11:11 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
Okay, my 1999.5 E350 7.3 cluster is about to call an F2/350 7.3 cluster and they'll do lunch (or whatever clusters do together; it's hard to know hidden behind that dash, and all).
The F clusters...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-04-2014, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
After posting, I met w my custom shop guys.
Given the ECM problems, we decided to keep my 99 dash and customize it for the electronics I want to add (8-9" DIN Alpine, etc). I have to change the...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
03-04-2014, 07:19 AM
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Replies: 64
Views: 30,128
Re: 7.3 Instrument Cluster Tachometer
I have an additional twist to this.
I'm about to swap my 1999.5 7.3 dash and cluster wo a tach with a 2014 E350 XLT van dash and cluster. Before I do the do, I've got to know how the wiring is...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-25-2014, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 394
Views: 146,408
Re: Popping my top
Thanks mucho. I've learned my 1999.5 doesn't have any airbag sensors in the seat and the pretensioner is on the B pillar. All this allows me to buy any universal seat w/o confronting the "gottcha"...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-25-2014, 09:52 AM
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Replies: 394
Views: 146,408
Re: Popping my top
Did you have any problem ordering the swivel base from Discount Truck N Van? There have been issues posted about ordering seats from them in the past.
Does the swivel base you got match the bolt...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
02-21-2014, 03:21 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,283
Re: Ya' Think You're Tough, eh?
Now, fellows, we can make some real mileage out of this if we pay 'tention.
For example, next time DW b____s and m____s about the route you've taken, show her this video and pix and tell her how...
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Forum: General Sportsmobile
02-20-2014, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,283
Ya' Think You're Tough, eh?
If ONLY our multi-thousanded, progressive leaf sprung, dual reservoir shocked, locker differentialed, wide tired, air bagged, adventure vans could do this . . .
Makes me wonder if I let you guys...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-16-2014, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,553
Re: Attaching Rack to Penthouse
Thanks, Rick. I looked at A but the shots are just. it close enough. I need someone w a penthouse rack to post some close ups.
I can't do direct bolts because I don't wat to add any more weight...
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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds
02-15-2014, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,553
Re: Attaching Rack to Penthouse
Well, my meeting with the welder about my custom rack went well. I still need the various pieces of hardware that SMB uses to secure the rack feet to the fiberglass edge.
What he says he would...
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