BODY BUILD

I mentioned in the previous post that I also started to do some body work again, and that would include my own body too :). Joke aside, I have fitted the floor for the storage boxes under the main floor. I use the cut-offs from the windows and baggage doors to do most of it, but it will not be enough. I have another alu honeycomb panel to do the rest. The panel is a 10mm with alu skin on one side and a vinyl(white) on the other which will be facing inside. These panels are lighter than the […]

This is the front of the van after a few weeks of rain and not having a cover anymore. Lots of sticky stuff from the trees and dirt washed off the roof down the front. I should have installed some gutters a long time ago to let the water flow off to the side and not wash all the dirt onto the baggage doors. The little service door for the power inlets caught a lot of dirt and I want to keep the water away from it especially when power cords are connected.

I have plastic gutters, self adhesive, to […]

Everything in on the right side, slide-outs, windows and baggage and service doors.

Here is the image with numbered doors and below is the list of door purpose.

1 – Pull out garbage bins and bottle container
2 – Service opening for air filter of the positive pressure system
3 – Ventilation door for air condition compressor
4 – Air condition compressor main door
5 – Electric BBQ slide-out shelf
6 – Pass through storage for my surfboards and other longish items
7 – Wide door storage for kites, harnesses and life vests
8 – Wide door storage for kites
9 – Pass through storage for long items, like […]

Over the last 3 days, a few hours at the time, I have built the living area slide-out box and today with help from a mate I have fitted the slide-out to the body.

It is a lot quicker the second time around, since I new what to do with the slide-out mechanism. There were the plastic pins again in the mechanism, which I removed, and replaced with a rivet. The slide-out mechanism installs in less than 5 minutes per side. It is real easy and the mechanism is light, I still have to put the limit bolts in like […]

Before I could insert the slide-out box into the opening, it had to be prepared. Plastic cups are fitted bottom left and right to keep any water out which may run in through the slide mechanism. It would me minimal, nevertheless the plastic piece prevents the water from running inside. Bottom and top width are cover with a wipe seal.

The wipe seal also has a bulb seal attached. The intent is to seal the top and bottom when the slide-out is in, however it is only top and bottom and not left and right. The left and right […]