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Follow up. I'm still doing other work to get everything back together (the real world and work needs tends to get in the way), but removing the solenoid and re-installing it after the injector was in place worked like a champ. I put the solenoid back on before pushing the injector until it...

I simply can't say enough good things about Bitterroot Diesel in Montana. I'm in Texas, but they answered my questions, gave me advice and even shipped parts fast when I found broken pieces during the process. The jig/tool they sell for the injector rebuild made my life super easy! I have no...

Found my low-profile ratcheting driver this morning, which fit perfectly with the correct bit, solenoid came off with a little effort, the injector pulled out just fine after that. I already massaged that section of the dog house the best I could. It's right at the seam with the flat front of...

I'm rebuilding injectors this weekend and I've reached an impasse that I hope my fellow E-van people can help me with. The injector for the #3 cylinder hits the body and I can't rotate it to the narrow side to pull it free. The advice I was given was to unbolt the motor mounts at the cross...

I made my own, it really isn't all that difficult. I'll grant that it isn't as nice as Aluminess, but seeing how it cost me well less than $50 to make, I think the price was right.

Are you sure there isn't a loose ground or your alternator is acting up?

Moog has hundreds of different coil springs to choose from, when I was trying to determine what was right for my application I tried to reach out to them and had zero luck until I hit them on twitter. On twitter they were able to answer my questions for my application and I ended up with the...

They're easy enough to build for not much money. Same thing with the ladder. As I remember the raw stock came in under $300, the FarmTek decking was caught on sale, the lights and antennas added to the cost. I think all told with everything I'm in it for about $500 the rack and ladder. I...

My kids are (currently) 7 & 5, but they've quickly become quite the outdoorsmen over the past few years. These are from our last trip to Big Bend NP, we base camped at the Cottonwood Campground and did an overnight on the South Rim. The kids did great and carried their own packs, although my...

The angle kit and EMT frame has been bullet proof through serious weather, I'm really happy with it. I can be setup and ready to sleep in 30 minutes, to get everything put together fully it's a bit over an hour. Tear down is about the same, although we did break camp faster than that once, but...

We're a family of 4, my kids are still young (currently 7 & 5, but we started them 4 years ago), and we traded our minivan in for a fleet auction E-van 3 years ago. We ground camp using a Panther Primitive 10x10 canvas wall tent (10.3 Sunforger) with an EMT frame and a Wall Tent Shop angle kit...

Wall tent on your roof? As in like a canvas wall tent? We use a 10x10 Panther Primitive canvas wall tent (10.3oz Sunforger) with 1" EMT frame and angle kit as our primary tent when not backpacking. It is an incredible tent, we've spent over 10 weeks in that tent in the last couple of years...

Depending on your build plans it may be worth learning to weld, even if you end up not going with aluminum. The latest rear deck/slideout/storage solution I built was originally going to be 80/20, I drew out a basic design, figured what fasteners I needed, etc. Then I priced the build and...

Ok that makes more sense. I was trying to figure out how the van was sitting level with a 4" lift in the rear with stock spring heights, which was incorrect on my part.

The short answer is yes/sort of, the long answer involves a technical discussion on sidewall deflection, heat build up, tire design and underinflation casing damage. Then there is some disagreement amongst tire experts (legit tire experts, not the guy at the tire shop "expert") about those...

Aren't the Moog CC880S springs the stock E350 part replacement in terms of sprung and unsprung spring length or am I getting the part numbers mixed up?

Wheels and tires for Commercial Motor Vehicles, something in the Class 4-6 (maybe Class 7) range might work. There are a number of manufactures and fitments, here is a jump off point...

Do you have enough lift/clearance to run a CMV tire/wheel combo? I don't have the charts in front of me, but I think they get down to 20" rim diameters. Then you're going to be dealing with combinations with weight ratings that will be stronger than the rest of the van.

Fahrenheit.

Besides the cool options posted thus far, are any of you using any of the other Truck-Lite offerings, like this one (27009)? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00340Q8B8/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2O5HA7MT4MAXN&coliid=I3IDXV9BIHFK3Y