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  1. thedjjack

    The Lunchbox Build... 4x4 chevy shorty van

    I just bought a 1994 G3500 6.5L Fire Rescue truck for parts 70000km on it "frame" rusted out I would love to find a factory pedal but kind of the unicorn in the van world... I might take my spare brake pedal and fab off that Truck pedal is pretty different but I have the whole assembly from...
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    The Lunchbox Build... 4x4 chevy shorty van

    Awesome....signed up for the ride. I have a 1983 G3500 B+ with a 6.2L Diesel. Getting a NV4500 with transfercase and I thank you for the photos of the pedal assembly as I need a clutch pedal. I just bought a 1994 G3500 6.5L diesel rescue truck of the with 70,000km that has been sitting in a...
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    The Ute II: E350 RB 7.3 ZF6

    OK I only got to page 7.... Nice build. I gots a 1983 GMC G3500 with 6.2L turbo400 so no over drive in a B+ RV I gots a NV4500 from a 1997 1 ton 6.5L (got everything for the swap)... How are you finding the pedal? how did you figure out ratio etc... I have the option to go factory pedal...
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    Chevy van 4x4 conversion

    old pre 1996 vans are unibodies... My 1983 G3500 dually was cut in two and stretch few feet and built into B+ RV.... not a true frame but these year van was connected front to the back... seems to be holding up 32 years later...
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    Roadtrek to 4wd--another option

    miss my old Roadtrek (1982 Dodge)... have you run that thing over the scales? Love to know how it compares to my 1983 GMC G3500 class B+...
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    My quest to acquire a proper Mitsubishi Delica in the USA.

    When I bought my L300 I had planned to convert it to LHD, then I drove it around the block and saw no point in the conversion..... Mine was a 5 speed. Nice little van similar to a 22R for power but in a torquier way...
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    Who wants to own a 70's Series Cruiser that isn't 25 Years Old????

    I never understand why you can buy and ride a motorcycle but your truck must meet these crash test standards..... kind of funny... I cannot take the doors off my Jeep and drive on the street, but I can ride a 150hp motorcycle???
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    classic RANGE ROVER DIESEL CONVERSION UNDER $ 1500 DOLLAR project .

    OM617 is a great motor you have never driven one clearly. Cast iron mechanical injection. you can bump start the automatic (yes the automatic can be pull started) and need zero power to run it. I am not sure why it is outdated? 100% reliable and indestructible... Returns MPG that new...
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    harmonic balancer wobbles

    2 piece balancers are known to fail... I would put a new one on...
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    Chinook camper on a Jeep Comanche, has it been done?

    I would personally stretch a Jeep YJ or TJ or CJ and use that if I was going to build a Jeep. Cooler then the MJ (no offence) and more real frame...
  11. thedjjack

    Current cost of adding a Sportsmobile Penthouse Top to used van?

    I bought a hightop off an old Dodge $200.00. Cut it into 1/4 re-glassed it back together. Cut the roof off my Delica and riveted it on. What I learned was my cuts way nicer than the factory that installed the hightop on the dodge. Put a drill through to mark corners, caulk lined the cut, cut...
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    classic RANGE ROVER DIESEL CONVERSION UNDER $ 1500 DOLLAR project .

    I put one in a Jeep FC170.... I think if I added it up I would have been at $1500-2000 for the motor swap.... I ran the stock Merc-automatic to a divorced NP205.... Love love love that motor... Cheers David
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    Thump the dash to get it to start... 7.3 PSD E350

    Shot in the dark but next time thump the shifter maybe the N/P switch is going out? Not sure were that is on the newer computer controlled trans...
  14. thedjjack

    Is this a new trend? RTTs on rental mini vans...

    Funny the wife was just saying how she prefers to rocket down FSR (Forest Service Roads) in the 1997 Aerostar 3.0L RWD base model over taking the 1997 Exploder 5.0L AWD LTD... It is surprising were a $900 beater can go.... But our basecamping unit is a 31 year old G3500 6.2L diesel B+ RV...
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    More proof that Jeep is the leader in 4x4 overland vehicles

    Unless you need usable power.... an engine with 400hp @ 9500rpm is not going to be a good crawling motor... so an engine is not an engine.... little more to it... not saying it is not tuned for the Jeep. but 0-60 times and 1/4mile times are not important in my truck... torque is, fuel...
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    Ambulance RVs

    Agreed most ambulance built better, but there are a few really good RVs.... Plus if you want roll over standards school buses are built for that. I get the cool factor of the ambulance but Ford 7.3L school buses are easy to find and built to roll over standards since around 1980...
  17. thedjjack

    Ambulance RVs

    loving my 1983 G3500 B+ fully loaded, aluminum subframe with fiberglass panels, 18-20mpg (6.2L) managed to climb 24% grade gravel road (locked dually) that I have seen 4x4 pickups spin out on... Bought it, add some gauges, changed some fluids, LED the lights, tuned the generator (4000w propane...
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