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Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 02-07-2012, 02:31 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

By the time I got my van back, almost two months have past and it was to late to return the base. Now I'm waiting for winter to pass so I can start work on it again.
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 10-18-2011, 06:16 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Checking DiscountVanTruck.com, I ordered the wrong base. I needed the OEM and ordered the aftermarket. I will have to make an adapter that raises it 2" and bolts to the seat. :a6:
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 10-18-2011, 06:00 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

It seems I never get a break. I tried installing my swivel seat base I got from DiscountVanTruck.com. They bolted up to the floor perfect, but do not fit the bolt pattern of the seat. Is something...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 10-18-2011, 10:27 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Mike,

This is the guy who sold me the van. I took it back to him, when the other mechanic said the tranmission needed to be replaced. I had it for only 3 weeks and 500 miles. He earned my trust...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 10-17-2011, 01:10 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Well I finally got my van back. After two more weeks of trouble shooting the mechanic found the issue, with help from ford. He put in the salvaged PCM and got it to work, but decide it had a crack...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 09-29-2011, 08:42 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

From what the mechanic says it is two of the shifting signals, all others are good. He tried to re-program the PCM and it would not take. He is looking for a salvaged one to test and see if that...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 09-21-2011, 06:21 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Two weeks and still do not have a van. I wonder if I will ever get on the road. I have so far lost a whole month of building. This me mechanic is doing the work on his dime and I have to be patient,...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 09-19-2011, 10:20 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 30,979
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: Rotating Front Seats

I just got my swivel mounts from DiscountVanTruck.com. They even shipped on the day my receipt said they would. I have not had a chance to install yet, but I noticed that the ford mount slopes to the...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 09-07-2011, 03:46 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Status of the van on the mechanical side. I took it back to the mechanic that sold it to me to have him look at it and come up with a way to get me back on the road. He sold it to me mechanically...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 09-07-2011, 03:37 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

We are getting a lot of rain out here and I have not had much time to work on the van. I did finish the passenger side wall. I screwed the wall onto the van while the glue was still wet. It worked...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-28-2011, 07:03 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

I checked the van after surviving the hurricane, and have a little water coming in on the downhill side of my windows. I'm parked with the front of the van downhill. Looks like a little water comes...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-28-2011, 06:51 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Thanks BronkoHauler, that may be the way to go. I'm am going to keep working on it. I talked to the mechanic again, and the issue is after the solenoids pack was replaced the pressure still kept...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-27-2011, 05:55 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 10,114
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: Countertop height??

28" is where the widest part of the van is. I plan to live full time in mine, if I can keep it running :a3: . I figure in bad weather my top will be down and I will be using the counter seated. Good...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-26-2011, 06:24 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Well its over as quickly as it started. The transmission is shot and needs to be replaced. I'm out $1400.00 to find out I need to spend another $3000.00 to get it fixed.
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-23-2011, 05:39 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Made a little progress this week. Lots of rain, now an earthquake. Whats next a hurricane, oh yea, one is headed our way. I started by making a box around the window to cut and fit to the curve of...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-16-2011, 06:13 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

I decided to put the foil backed foam after the Reflectix. The air gap only gives you R-2.7 the foam gives you R-3.8, why waste the space. I installed my shore power connector so I could start the...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-15-2011, 12:41 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

I thought the same, but read several post that say otherwise. Then found this on the Reflectix site.

The less air space between the product and the sub-floor, the lower the R-Value (although...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-15-2011, 10:57 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Not sure how to do the walls yet. Lots of detail doing the floors, but not much on the walls. I read that Reflectix need a ¼ to ½ air gap to work best. May glue in ¼ plywood strips every two feet...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-15-2011, 10:44 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

I spent Thursday evening cutting out templates from cardboard for my windows.

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I made the template 1/2" larger than the window and used it to cut out...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-15-2011, 10:33 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Made a lot of progress this week, started last Sunday on the floor. I decided to use Reflectix and then ½ foam with shiny side down. I put down firing strips and screwed them to the ridges on the...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-04-2011, 09:21 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 45,456
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: Online Parts Stores

An online ebay RV parts store, Tristatesurplus on ebay. I got a good deal on crank-out windows.

https://stores.ebay.com/tristatesurplus
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-03-2011, 10:26 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Tristatesurplus on ebay.

https://stores.ebay.com/tristatesurplus
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-03-2011, 07:38 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

Thanks, I plan to use the foil-backed foam board on my walls anyway. I didn'y know if it was strong enough for the compression to hold the windows.
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 08-02-2011, 05:12 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

My windows came in today. Can't wait to put them in. I will finish up the rust work this week and will start the floor and walls this weekend. I found the sizes I needed and got the RV crank-out...
Forum: Homemade SMB - Ground Up Builds 07-31-2011, 06:30 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 8,779
Posted By wmkbailey
Re: My new home

How would that work on 2 wheel drive ??? Maybe one day my van will grow up and be a big boys van, 4 wheel drive and all.
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