Back in March 2014 I purchased this 1996 E350 Ambulance with the 7.3 Diesel and a Quigley 4x4 setup on Ebay for $5k. My girlfriend of two months and her 6 year old daughter got tickets to fly out and retrieve it over a weekend. From San Diego (Home) to middle of nowhere Michigan (outside of Saginaw), we did a red eye out of LAX to Chicago where snow cancelled our flight to somewhere close to the place selling the van. So, rental car and a 300ish mile drive to the van to get it before they closed for the weekend. Wouldnt start, so had to put battery on charger while sales person had to go to the DMV for something to do with the sales transaction (weird and big time delay). Eventually, we were on the road on the way back to return the rental car at a nearby airport. At the airport, the steering that had been fighting me for the past hour finally got through to my senses...burning brakes. The driver side from caliper was seizing up. Snow was starting to fall with the darkness. Quick drive to autoparts store and long evening of buying tools (didnt fly with any) and learning "what brake would quigley use for this conversion" and we were off by 10pm. Girlfriend and her little one want to hotel, my plan was sleep in the van as we had lots of miles and potential break downs to go before San Diego but it sounded really good after working on the brakes.
Fresh start and a non-eventful remaining drive back to San Diego other than snow on 4 bald tires with no spare.
