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Hi. The idea for a 102" wide van is a good one except it is not legal to run a 102" wide anything on most state and county roads in the USA. I just heard this week that KY is cracking down on 102" tractor trailers on a lot of their roads with very stiff fines. You may want to check into where...

Don't know what is going on with your van. I've had two E-250s. Put 367,000 on the 98 and have 366,000 on my 2001 now and have never had any kind of vibration problem. Never replaced any steering parts or shocks. First determine if it is driveline or wheel problem. If you have a 3.73 rear axle...

Well I ordered the Areocell today on a Ford cutaway chassis. Hope to have it in about three months since we are so close to the holidays. Had about three thousand dollars of custom work done to the body. Wanted more things done but they price their custom work outrageous so I will do the other...

I looked at the Sprinter real close and I can't believe the unicell will be any lighter than the sprinter in the back. In fact the sprinter is very light weight all over. The body sheet metal is very thin, the frame rails are light weight, and the rear axle housing is light compared to my Ford...

while researching vans I talked to several people with sprinters. Most have had egr and injector problems. One driver had bought the 100,000 mile extended warrenty (which I understand is no longer avaliable. Wonder why.) Had four injector failures in warranty. Also had two egr failures. Dealer...

You are right you will order through your dealer but please note the barn doors. This is new and so far they have only built the two prototypes. They build them in Toronto Cananda. I was at the factory last week. They are going to line the inside of mine with sprayed in foam insulation 2 inches...

If anyone is considering the Sprinter better hold off a few months because there is a new van coming that i think is far superior to the Sprinter. I saw the two prototypes last week and plan to have me one as soon as I can get it built. Then I have my plans worked out for the interior. Hope to...

Back when I ran a dealership service dept with a Beeline machine, if a customer came in complaining of pulling that started when new tires were installed we would swap the steer tires from side to side and tell him to take it and try it. Most of the time it cured it. I didn't believe in making...

I use deep cycle trolling batterys. I ordered the heavy duty trailer towing package and got one aux battery in a box mounted to the right frame rail. The other I installed in the foot well for the right side doors. With modern batteeries unless your alt goes wild and over charges you will not...

Really rigging the van for automatic start is easy if you have a good working knowledge of vehicle electrical systems. The heart of the system is a remote starter kit. But, and this is important, it has to have a wire that will start the engine anytime the wire is connected to ground. Mine is a...

Dreamer, Thanks for the kind words. Use all the ideas you like. I like to share ideas and tips. You should be able to find the clips anywhere you find the e track. They use them in straight truck and trailers when they have e track on the walls and then they can drop a 2x4 in them and lock the...

Hope these work since this is a first for me.

Will try to get some pictures and post them as soon as I have time.

Wife and i have been in this business for five yrs and here are my experiences on keeping warm. See post about interior of vans for my way of doing that. Now we have used the heater in the van for heat and air conditioning for five yrs. Here is how we do it. First and obvious is a tight factory...

The wife and i have been in this business for nearly six yrs so will give my opinion on this. we are on our second E-250 Ford extended van. First one we put 367,000 miles on in 3 yrs. Did one brake job, one set of spark plugs, alt went out one month before trade, still ran good and didn't use...