Bradinduluth, CatFish, Charlie99909, cornfarmer, Dyno_Dave, Frosty, frscke1, loganpines, Micknucklez, NateB, Raff, roKWiz, Rusty Pancelode, SafariTim, Scrojira, Tim_M, Wedgy, Wizzard | Total Likes: 123 | | What Did You do To your Van Today? #517546 12/04/2011 3:09 AM | by wrcsixeight | wrcsixeight | Hello Vanners! I had a good day today. I Found and fixed an annoying rattle that turned out to be a loose upper shock bolt. Then I removed my rear door handle. The Thumb press decided to no longer rebound on it's own many many months ago. Found a broken spring. So I Fab'd up another and got her working again good as new with only minimal cursing involved. Did not throw a single tool though, I'm getting better. ![[Linked Image]](https://i557.photobucket.com/albums/ss15/wrcsixeight/doorhandlespring.jpg) After this success, I installed some new prothane dust boots to replace 2 which prematurely split. One on a tie rod end, one on a 3 month old Moog draglink. A pitman arm puller made the job super easy. I also regreased all my zerks Then I installed a new PCV valve grommett. Not a bad day. Casa Dodge is happy. What did you do to your Van today? | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #782284 Sep 16th a 09:04 PM | by Deathorvictory | Deathorvictory | My lady surprised my for my birthday by getting a custom rug made for the van. The girl who’s doing it is a bit behind at the moment but the progress pic I got is really cool! The background will be black so the letters will pop. This will live inside the van and since there is no mural or lettering on my van, this is a unique way to have the name displayed. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/v4aPsRp.jpg) | 4 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #790334 Apr 11th a 12:55 PM | by 74ChevyVan | 74ChevyVan | It's hard to find anyone in Delaware that does Upholstery but I found a guy that came to the garage where I stored my 74 Chevy for the winter and he removed everything and took it back to his shop to do the work and reinstalled everything all within 10 days. Amazing craftsmanship! Really pleased with the transformation. | 3 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #764874 Aug 18th a 02:40 AM | by Gladiator | Gladiator | Sweet find Charlie. Packed the van up and took Dad camping at Deer Creek in Ohio. He's staying in a tent while I'll be sleeping in the van for the first time tonight. ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50239110801_9fe89ec211_c.jpg) | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #777995 Jun 21st a 06:33 PM | by Lee7673 | Lee7673 | My wife and kids bought 6 of these portal bubble windows yesterday for me for Fathers Day. I cant wait to get them installed. I'm going to place them not quite vertical and lined up from the rear wheel aft, three on either side Very Nice! ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51262923090_7211676eb2_m.jpg) | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #778014 Jun 22nd a 01:11 AM | by Wizzard | Wizzard | HAPPY HAPPY Monday! I got motivated and got my side doors with pop-out windows installed! Never mind my crappy painting skills | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #785566 Nov 25th a 11:31 AM | by 93GMC | 93GMC | Installed spider caps on my mark 3 wheels, all 4 were missing when i got the van, found out the factory mark 3 cap is rare, super expensive for a flimsy piece of plastic, I drilled and tapped the wheel for a direct screw on cap that is metal and not plastic. | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #785833 Dec 3rd a 10:07 AM | by 93GMC | 93GMC | I had a Harley plate on the front of the van, sold the bike so I made this one for it. | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #786793 Dec 29th a 04:45 PM | by Charlie99909 | Charlie99909 | ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/0JjxPwN/0-B4154-EB-8237-48-BF-AE9-F-680-AD16-FE9-B1.jpg) I covered a nice piece of 1/4" wood to cover the missing light area on the Skyport I have. I'm going to remove some paint, glue a nice 1"x2" inside and then secure this piece with some screws and a few Durasnaps. | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #778096 Jun 23rd a 02:42 PM | by Bradinduluth | Bradinduluth | Replaced the stationary glass in my back doors with pop outs. Thanks hevyhauling-on Instagram for the new glass & hardware. I've been wanting to do that to mine for a long time. It was a serious pain in the a**. But totally worth it, now that it’s over. Several $.80 putty knives later | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #772435 Mar 8th a 05:02 PM | by kursed | kursed | Yep, what Charlie said.
As with everything in life you get what you pay for though. Typically those super cheap ones are Chinese knock offs of the originals, so it's probably just a copy of an MSD or Accel. Sometimes the cheap knock offs are just fine. I tend to lean on name brand when I can just because technical service seems to be so much easier if you do have a problem down the road. BUT, I do buy the cheap parts too, it's all a crap shoot anymore as most of the name brands are outsourcing to the same Chinese companies that make the knock offs.
Give the cheap one a shot, it's so drastically less cost, and you're not out a fortune if it flops. I want to put one in my van eventually too, so I might actually buy one and give it a shot if you have good luck with yours. | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #778223 Jun 26th a 01:31 AM | by Lurch760 | Lurch760 | I gave the $600 Dodge a good “comet†scrub to bring back some of the color and make a quick exhaust out of a flowmaster I had and some cheap autozone tubing | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #765043 Aug 26th a 03:12 PM | by CatFish | CatFish | Pulled the windshield on the GMC to address some surface rust at the gasket. Sanded, cleaned and prepped. Second time for this and I wanna get it right this time.... | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #781628 Sep 2nd a 11:24 PM | by CatFish | CatFish | Well I had recently talked with another vanner about checking and cleaning the AC evaporator coil. Got to thinking I hadn't checked the coil on Blue in a while. Pulled the fan motor resister pack to look inside. Found this on the resistor pack..... ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51420346171_5d5ff60c67_z.jpg) Then looked in the hole at the coil and found more debris!! Damn leaves! ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51421332650_a85da16db2_z.jpg) There were just as much along the bottom of the coil and laying in the enclosure. Vacuumed all that mess out and put it back together. Should start to follow my own advice i guess..... | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #780173 Aug 6th a 05:55 PM | by Deathorvictory | Deathorvictory | Making some changes to the interior on my van so I took it down to the subfloor again which is a big step backwards but after living with my van the last 2 years, I wasn’t happy with how I did things and wanting to redo the carpet (again) prompted me to decide to take everything out and build it better. I’ve purchased black shag and a factory OEM style front area carpet that will fit around the doghouse and all the other areas and will be easier to keep clean. I’ve just about finished fitting the swivel seat bases and getting those powder coated and will install them. I cut my divider walls in half as I wasn’t loving the permanent separation and wanted to move the speakers as well. I was never 100 % sold on the final shape I built so I kept the lower upholstered half wall section and will trim it out and should look great. Now that everything is out, I will carpet the whole floor this time including the rear wheel wells and partially up the side walls under the rear bed area for a finished look. Then I’ll re install the bed structure and bolt it into the subfloor. Last time I built the bed, i installed it over the wood subfloor and I decided to carpet around everything and didn’t even get the rear area done so it just felt incorrect and more of a pain to do it that way. This van has taken me considerably longer than I think I ever could imagine and my list to finish the vision I have for the interior is still so long. But I’m committed to doing it right and feel so much better about the changes I’m making and even fixed some problems with a few minor things and it should be great this time around. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/5o0MNm2.jpg) | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #798788 Nov 22nd a 01:52 AM | by Gladiator | Gladiator | Been out of the saddle for too long working on other automotive projects, but the van will be getting much needed attention now. I noticed the front sway bar bushings on the lower control arms weren't even touching the bar, they had worn out that much. Ordered a new set from Rock Auto and torqued them to spec (24 ft lbs) now the sway bar is nice and tight again. ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52515955039_52c709e668_b.jpg) | 2 members like this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #780027 Aug 4th a 03:49 PM | by kursed | kursed | Cleanest ATV tires I've ever seen^^
Last December I removed my AC compressor, which had been acting as a pulley only, for 15 years, and replaced it with a '120 amp NipponDenso' alternator.
120 amp, is in quotes, as it maxed out at 109 amps, and its 50 amp rating at hot idle, in drive, foot on the brake, is a woeful 32 amps. It is a ND clone alternator, assembled in Malaysia, bought new at Autozone. I think they shaved a few dollars in copper windings of rotor and stator.
I was hoping its dual internal fans would outperform the lifetime warranty reman 50/120 chrysler alternator which failed. Oreilly's had decided they had no record of me ever having bought such an alternator, so I just moved on.
That reman alternator just had poor brush alignment. I fixed that, added some spit and polish to improve heat transfer from diodes and reduce resistance, and returned it to service, and the ND sat on a shelf for 9 months.
A few more hundred rpm and the ND outperforms the chrysler 50/120 amp alternator, until about 1800 rpm though. The chrysler can meet 50 amp at hot idle foot on brake in drive, and 120 amps max, but at about 3200 rpm, where I rarely go.
Since aligning the pulleys in December, I never hooked it to the battery or to a voltage regulator as I did not require the extra DC juice, still don;t really, but I found the round tuit.
Last couple days I decided to change that, hooking it directly to me engine battery and the Chrysler 50/120 to my House battery bank.
Both alternators are separately regulated with an adjustable voltage regulator. The OEM voltage regulator in engine computer is bypassed, and the ECM tricked into not flashing the check engine light with a 50 watt 10 ohm resistor in between the original wires going to field terminals on the externally regulated alternator.
On my dash, I have two digital two decimal voltmeters and two voltage adjustment knobs.
Basically, Nearly anytime my engine is running, I can charge my deep cycling batteries as fast as safely possible, to get them to as high a state of charge as possible when I drive, which greatly extends their lifespans, as opposed to slower charging and starting the next discharge cycle from lower states of charge and drawing them deeper.
The original voltage regulator inside ECM drops from high 14's to mid 13s quickly, and a new battery will accept about 2/3 less amperage with 13.7v reaching battery terminals compared to 14.7v.
I can also turn a switch and charge both battery banks from one or the other, or just cycle one bank or the other.
I'm not quite done, its just functional at this point, not yet refined.
The ultimate goal is the ability to idle my engine, with both alternators and two battery banks powering a 2KW+ inverter at near full load, for as long as there is fuel in the tank, even though I do not require such an ability at this point in time.
Some additional forced alternator cooling would likely be required if 2KW is needed for more than 10 to 15 minutes, but the thermocouples attached to their casings, will decide. I read all of that and now I'm... ![[Linked Image from media.giphy.com]](https://media.giphy.com/media/0DYipdNqJ5n4GYATKL/giphy.gif) | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #799133 Dec 1st a 01:34 AM | by Gladiator | Gladiator | Wow those were toast !
Bet it rides better ... less drifting ? Seemed to take turns a little better. Finished out the sway bar refresh with a new set of Delphi bushings for the 2 frame to bar mounts. ![[Linked Image from live.staticflickr.com]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52534962809_f6afb95820_b.jpg) | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #780020 Aug 4th a 07:28 AM | by wrcsixeight | wrcsixeight | Cleanest ATV tires I've ever seen^^
Last December I removed my AC compressor, which had been acting as a pulley only, for 15 years, and replaced it with a '120 amp NipponDenso' alternator.
120 amp, is in quotes, as it maxed out at 109 amps, and its 50 amp rating at hot idle, in drive, foot on the brake, is a woeful 32 amps. It is a ND clone alternator, assembled in Malaysia, bought new at Autozone. I think they shaved a few dollars in copper windings of rotor and stator.
I was hoping its dual internal fans would outperform the lifetime warranty reman 50/120 chrysler alternator which failed. Oreilly's had decided they had no record of me ever having bought such an alternator, so I just moved on.
That reman alternator just had poor brush alignment. I fixed that, added some spit and polish to improve heat transfer from diodes and reduce resistance, and returned it to service, and the ND sat on a shelf for 9 months.
A few more hundred rpm and the ND outperforms the chrysler 50/120 amp alternator, until about 1800 rpm though. The chrysler can meet 50 amp at hot idle foot on brake in drive, and 120 amps max, but at about 3200 rpm, where I rarely go.
Since aligning the pulleys in December, I never hooked it to the battery or to a voltage regulator as I did not require the extra DC juice, still don;t really, but I found the round tuit.
Last couple days I decided to change that, hooking it directly to me engine battery and the Chrysler 50/120 to my House battery bank.
Both alternators are separately regulated with an adjustable voltage regulator. The OEM voltage regulator in engine computer is bypassed, and the ECM tricked into not flashing the check engine light with a 50 watt 10 ohm resistor in between the original wires going to field terminals on the externally regulated alternator.
On my dash, I have two digital two decimal voltmeters and two voltage adjustment knobs.
Basically, Nearly anytime my engine is running, I can charge my deep cycling batteries as fast as safely possible, to get them to as high a state of charge as possible when I drive, which greatly extends their lifespans, as opposed to slower charging and starting the next discharge cycle from lower states of charge and drawing them deeper.
The original voltage regulator inside ECM drops from high 14's to mid 13s quickly, and a new battery will accept about 2/3 less amperage with 13.7v reaching battery terminals compared to 14.7v.
I can also turn a switch and charge both battery banks from one or the other, or just cycle one bank or the other.
I'm not quite done, its just functional at this point, not yet refined.
The ultimate goal is the ability to idle my engine, with both alternators and two battery banks powering a 2KW+ inverter at near full load, for as long as there is fuel in the tank, even though I do not require such an ability at this point in time.
Some additional forced alternator cooling would likely be required if 2KW is needed for more than 10 to 15 minutes, but the thermocouples attached to their casings, will decide. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #782944 Sep 28th a 04:12 PM | by Charlie99909 | Charlie99909 | Wow Charlie ! Are you coming over to The Bow-Tie Guys ?  LOL, never! Who knows, I may buy a 90's G10 if one popped up that would smog. Go Bowtie and let your knuckles heal up........  Everyone is a comedian.  | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #782945 Sep 28th a 04:23 PM | by Rusty Pancelode | Rusty Pancelode | I moved it around playing musical vehicles so I could rearrange my fleet. It looks like it's next to pull into the shop and get torn down. Anybody want to volunteer to do the head gaskets?  Maybe Charlie, since he's going Chevy anyway?  | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #780051 Aug 4th a 07:12 PM | by 74ChevyVan | 74ChevyVan | Where we were at the end of March when it arrived from Oregon and where we are today. About 2/3 done. Couldn't find lights I liked so we came up with our own. Chevy valve covers made into light. They work great! | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #782269 Sep 16th a 03:11 PM | by kursed | kursed | “Uh, does a man work here?” Sadly, they are even worse than she is. Yeah, I try to hit the old timers at any auto parts store I go to, but I've even run across a few of them that don't know jack. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #782244 Sep 16th a 01:32 AM | by cornfarmer | cornfarmer | Man, the parts game is insane. It has been a total pain in the ass this week trying to find basic stuff - intake gaskets, bolt kits, tensioner pulleys, the most basic stuff you'd think was common. I had to get Charile to help me earlier this week and he's got magic search juju in his veins....! | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #787878 Jan 29th a 04:16 AM | by 1986LSVAN | 1986LSVAN | More than a day- more like a week. Fabricated and installed transmission crossmember. Fabricated and installed exhaust system made up of old donor exhaust system. Installed Flowmaster muffler- now I see why they are more expensive, they are well built. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #764974 Aug 23rd a 03:57 AM | by DrCaldre | DrCaldre | Did sound deadener and polyfill on my rear doors and "door panels" today. They sound outstanding. I love that I can hear how good they are insulated when I slam em shut.
Got a beer with my girl to celebrate with some tunes.
Power stop front kit, and literally every new part for the rear drums have been delivered.
My three new conversion windows showed up from Parkins today as well.
I've got a lot of work ahead of me. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #793477 Jul 27th a 03:11 PM | by cornfarmer | cornfarmer | Sounds like it’ll fail smog. Time to junk it. 😂 I guess I'll go buy an electric car, it's what the gubmint says I should do! | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #793258 Jul 21st a 03:14 AM | by kursed | kursed | ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/XS4Nt0N/26-B5-B601-201-A-4-F7-E-8765-8-A4-ECD918-AA1.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/L03Zx9f/B521-F2-CA-041-C-4-C6-B-884-A-06-BE6728-DFE9.jpg) So I finally got my $500 back from those people who scammed me on Craigslist a few months ago. Then these awesome Outsiders came up for sale. I snagged them for my van. The seller is gonna send them out to me this week. I am so stoked. I'm jealous. Freaking love those things. On a side note, I'm hoping to design some tips similar to those that my friend can machine up at his hot rod shop. Going to be a while before I get to that though. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #792377 Jun 23rd a 05:54 AM | by SDMickey | SDMickey | Bought a set of Patriot side pipes yesterday. Summit wouldn't ship them to California; Jegs did. Once I get them after some welding work - off to Oklahoma at Jet-Hot for some ceramic coating. Will do the same when I get my headers. This place is off the hook. Check out their website and videos.
Started the powertrain build in February. "Hope" to be done in September. Complete Powertrain build and entire new suspension. Sorry I haven't posted pics; I still don't know how and at the end I will have a whole lot and if I can't figure it out I'll have someone help. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #790427 Apr 15th a 07:25 PM | by KC700 | KC700 | Finally got around to making a drink tray. Old one was on its last leg. Figured Id do something weird and this is how it turned out. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #787981 Feb 2nd a 06:30 AM | by cornfarmer | cornfarmer | I've done it to a few vans, and the stuff I like is made by a company called Metro Molded Parts. Doesn't require glue, the Ford set I got had adhesive backing, just peel & stick on. On my Dodge their strips came with the little fastener nubs on them, just snap them in (Dodge has a better design IMO).
Most of the labor involves removing the old stuff and any glue. This last time most of it came off somewhat cleanly, but I had to scrape off the remnants with a trim tool. Brake cleaner helps a bit, or the 3M adhesive remover works a little better to soften up any dried up/hardened glue or stripping that has fused with it. DO NOT USE WD-40. It melts off the crud, but makes the surface too oily/slick for the new stuff to stick too. I'm letting it all sit now for a few days to seal, mold & cure.
If they make it for your van, shop around for the best price, Rockauto was a lot cheaper than buying direct from Metro. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #783733 Oct 14th a 11:40 PM | by DrCaldre | DrCaldre | Today I fixed the cancer stick ingniter and added a usb port while it's all taken apart. Redoing the doghouse insulation Saturday. I used dupli color vinyl and fabric aerosol to repait both whole pieces, because the color was really close, but just a touch lighter. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #787129 Jan 9th a 06:34 AM | by DrCaldre | DrCaldre | Changed out the park/neutral switch on top of my stteeing column. Trying to get reverse lights to work. Reverse is supposed to be light green according to the Haynes book. Lights still don't come on with new switch. I tested all the wires at the hitch with lady switching gears and braking. I really don't want to hunt down the loose connection, but also don't want to pay someone to either.
Electrical stuff can really try your patience... | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #786926 Jan 3rd a 04:56 AM | by DrCaldre | DrCaldre | Maples, it seems we did similar work! This weekend, I swapped my radio for a better one with bluetooth, and also had to change my ignition lead so it turns off properly. Wired up a 12" Kicker sub and a little Alpine amp, gave it a test run, it sounds great. Man it feels good to have proper bass in one of my vehicles again. Still yet to hide all the wires and mount the amp and box.
I also repaired my license plate light. Bulb socket was done for. Spliced in a $5 LED from the AutoZone. Yay for being legal! | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #786810 Dec 30th a 05:36 AM | by maples01 | maples01 | I got my radio swapped in, now it turns off with the key, added 2 USB charging ports with a digital meter to read the charge on the battery, and a vacuum gauge, that thin dash plastic snapped the drill bit on my hole saw, don't know how that thin plastic could break that steel bit, disappointed in Milwaukee hole saw. Now to replace the dash speaker, and cut the doors to add more, you can't hear the radio, the dual exhaust on the 300 is very loud. Found my brakes, one grabs, I got sideways just tapping the brakes, then I skidded clean through an intersection, talk about no stop, the 4 drums on my 73 stopped far better. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #786627 Dec 24th a 02:50 AM | by maples01 | maples01 | Wow, driving my shorty, got some tie downs in the floor for my wheelchair, need to come up with a better way to secure it tho, perhaps a small winch. My check engine light comes on as I turn in to my neighborhood, tho its off the entire time I drive around, its like it don't want to come home and be parked, OBD1 is not my favorite system, I've not pulled codes, it doesn't stay on. Brakes are so soft, the slightest pressure and it nose dives, I think it has air in the brakes, sitting at a light it will slightly drop a bit, steering is so loose, can't wait to get the 275/60's up front, I don't want to tighten the steering box, but might require a little. I like my big E350, but this little one is a nice driver, I've got to complete the interior, too much wood sliding around with touchy brakes. Big wheels look fantastic on such a small van. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #785614 Nov 27th a 04:45 AM | by cornfarmer | cornfarmer | Drove Van-na White down to the yard to meet up w/ Charlie while he was in town. Didn't see anything much because it was slim pickins for vans. Great to hang with Charlie! | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #785490 Nov 22nd a 06:48 PM | by Charlie99909 | Charlie99909 | I met up with a friend of mine yesterday and a new friend. One has a '71 Vandura shorty panel and the other bought that '75 B200 shorty panel that was for sale in LA in Sept/Oct. Looks like we have the makings of a club starting. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #785054 Nov 13th a 12:39 AM | by Wedgy | Wedgy | Got DogVan back on the road yesterday. Rear u joint did fix the vibration. Pressed back into the yoke easily because it was frozen.  Dogs sure were happy today. Perfect vehicle for transporting the Herd! Burble ly little 318. Serviced the A500 a while back. Still works! 148K now. I've put about 3K on it since 2013. This Van sure is nice underneath. Had a new Cat, cheapo Flowmaster type but quiet, muffler. All new brakes all around, lines, drums, rotors. I tuned it, changed the oil, put on Cragar black steel slots with Wrangler radials. Dodges are smooth underway. Dialed in now, bet it would even smog. Lien sale out of a SD tow yard, $1K. Timing was so far out, wrong timing mark.  ! Needs paint, a tank fill tube donut, FP at the same time. Tranny when it goes, like they all do. Interior except for headliner. It ain't pretty, Safari Conversion. Still stock. Lit Old Man running boards. Easy in and out. Ha! My last Cali GF hated it, But unlike her, DogVan has never let me down.  | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #784930 Nov 10th a 05:40 PM | by 74ChevyVan | 74ChevyVan | Added stripping on the outside but still felt like something was missing. So to go along with the interior theme of Classic Rock we came up with Comfortably Numb. Rock On! | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #773155 Mar 19th a 04:56 PM | by kursed | kursed | Cool, thanks for that info. I love passing on good sources for parts to other vanners when they're looking. Anything to get a vanner on the road or keep vanning rolling along in general. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #769549 Jan 11th a 04:12 AM | by Rusty Pancelode | Rusty Pancelode | I'd consider the dinosaur a score and would put him somewhere funny in my shop. My wife would be glad to know that you found the pieces to the puzzle she was working on recently.  | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #769170 Dec 30th a 11:23 PM | by Charlie99909 | Charlie99909 | I know which one you’re taking about. I was going to grab it for someone and they got back to me way late. I’m glad you were able to snag it. That’s the van I got the Martin RV sunroof from. Is that why the roof was falling down?  Yep, he had screwed that fiberglass insert into it and I removed just enough screws to rip it down. I got some stagnant water in my face for my troubles. LOL. Up here in Sacramento the junkyards are still very busy and most vans with anything good inside are made quick work of in a week or so. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #775093 Apr 25th a 05:00 AM | by Rusty Pancelode | Rusty Pancelode | ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/XY3TwgT/031-B6-F75-C752-4-FCC-9-CF8-F133-F02-F673-A.jpg) does anyone know the best way to wire a Carovan switch? There one red wire, one white wire, and four black wires. I don’t know if they’re individual grounds, which wouldn’t make sense in terms of wiring power to each accessory. Yeah, I know how. Wire the red to your 12V supply... Wire the white to ground... The individual black wires go to the positive wire of each item you want to supply switched power to. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #767397 Nov 12th a 04:46 PM | by CatFish | CatFish | What Scrojira said. I changed mine myself last time. Both the locking strip gasket and the new glass will have 853 in the part number regardless of the manufacturer. Also a thin line of 3M 08509 will seal the deal. Best stuff on the planet just don't over do it. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #766027 Oct 4th a 12:57 AM | by frscke1 | frscke1 | WHAT DID i DO .... I went out and raced it ....lookin for some Horsemeat .. found one but he shakes his head No | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #765181 Aug 31st a 01:53 AM | by DrCaldre | DrCaldre | Looking very familiar Scrojira, nice work. I just replaced my dash speakers and cleaned up some wires on Friday. Speedo cable gave me a bunch of trouble re-mounting the gauge cluster until I rerouted it over the air duct. I also threw caution to the wind and just pulled the trigger on the whole kit and caboodle accessory drive kit from Chevrolet. "yolo"...or whatever https://www.summitracing.com/parts/NAL-19418818 | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #779582 Jul 27th a 09:57 PM | by cornfarmer | cornfarmer | Swapped out the Econoline's pigtail and the back circuit board for my instrument cluster, and we've got most of our gauges back. The new speedo/odo and speedo cable are working but the needle bounces and it's reading a lot higher than it should.....crap.
The last bit of wiring has hit a snail-like pace, only a few things are left, mostly the horn and fuel gauge. Got a relay on the way for the horn setup, hopefully the fuel gauge is only a bad wire and not a bad sending unit......that would mean dropping the tank to get to it, F that noise. We could always cut a hole in the floor to keep the meth-head spirit alive. hahahohohaha | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #779267 Jul 21st a 06:17 PM | by Uncle_Fester | Uncle_Fester | Wasn’t today, but last week, I finally got off my butt and fixed a vibration I have had in the driveline of my van. Any time I got to 55mph, I got a vibration in the floor/seat of my pants and was not sure what it was.
I checked the u-joints, and they SEAMED tight, so I kept looking with no luck. I finally decided screw it and pulled the driveshaft out. As I did that I found the front u-joint to be bad and fixated on that, repairing it and put the shaft back in the van. Upon test driving it, I found the vibration was better but not gone, so out came the shaft again to inspect the rear u-joint, and it turned out to be bad too. Off to the parts store to get another u-joint and replace it too. Now the van runs as smooth or maybe smoother than the day I bought her. YAY ME !lol | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #779002 Jul 16th a 04:56 PM | by Rusty Pancelode | Rusty Pancelode | I replaced the front turn signal sockets. They light up, but the passenger side won't blink, g*ddamn wiring....ordered a new speedo cable on eBay because O'Reily had the wrong one, g*ddamn parts stores.
While I was under there pulling the cable the other day, I noticed a decent sized rusty hole on the driver side pan....g*ddamn rust.
I wish I hadn't looked at that '77 Econoline near me on eBay. I feel your pain, brother. You forgot... g*ddamn eBay.  | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #778218 Jun 25th a 10:41 PM | by Wizzard | Wizzard | MmmHmmm, Big Red looking sweet. I was considering a 4x4 swap on a 95' G20 high top conversion I'm going to get | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #778182 Jun 24th a 08:44 PM | by kursed | kursed | Clorox S.O.S. pads and hot water to the rescue again. Cleaned these crusty goobers up pretty nicely. | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #778166 Jun 24th a 07:16 PM | by frscke1 | frscke1 | My '93 got a new stereo today yea I got my 700 w 12 speaker Sony BOOM box back .... got messed up in the body shop .. some how it blew a fuse in the head unit ....hmmmm | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #780023 Aug 4th a 03:30 PM | by frscke1 | frscke1 | Cleanest ATV tires I've ever seen It got detailed along with the van to go to the Council of council in Feb 2011. Thats when my van made Hot Rod mag. | 1 member likes this | | junk yard finds #778050 Jun 22nd a 09:58 PM | by Wizzard | Wizzard | Holy Crap, I went to Wrench a Part and founf 4 Gladiator Captians seats w/swivels an old style roof rack and some sweet looking chrome Map lights for each chair and the bed area all for $130. Tomorrow in the AM I'm going to gpo get the Jack Knife bed and any other cool bits I can find | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #778049 Jun 22nd a 09:39 PM | by Charlie99909 | Charlie99909 | Welp, it's been a long week of vacationing and working but I have been going over a lot in my head about my build. I have been looking over the pics and I have decided I am going to make a few adjustments based on something I wanted to shortcut but can't in good conscience. I have to straighten out the bent roof ribs. I will knock them into shape, then make sure they're "glued" into place. Then I am going to re do the roof braces for the ceiling panels to screw into. The boards across just aren't as even as I would like and will need to be a bit more flush and conform to the contours of the interior. I might as well do it while everything is out before I get too far again with paint. One day a week ain't cuttin it.  | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #777072 Jun 3rd a 11:40 PM | by cornfarmer | cornfarmer | Gave the Econoline a bath because I hadn't done that yet since buying it. I think it's a good way to scope out where all the problems & boo boos are in the body/paint. Then I took it out for a quick incognito drive to test out the new steering wheel / turn signal switch - success there. I took my other van out earlier today (Van-na White) and got a feel for how the Econoline is comparing after getting this far with it, I'd say it's performing almost as good as her now. Stoked. snapped a quick one ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/u2VbmSwh.jpg) | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #777011 Jun 2nd a 02:14 AM | by Lee7673 | Lee7673 | I just scored some fiberglass inserts for the rear corners from a Dodge. They even have the speaker cut out and come with some speakers!  I would run my own but still, not a bad score for this morning. ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/ZSBgqXy/09297-B4-A-56-FC-4-D2-D-AA75-9241310-DE72-E.jpg) These are really nice! | 1 member likes this | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? #775133 Apr 26th a 12:04 PM | by kursed | kursed | Sweet! I always wanted a nice set of KC lights when I had the lifted 68 K10, but couldn't find a decent deal on a set with covers. | 1 member likes this | |
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