Maaaan. You are fuckin good at this.
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Originally posted by Activ8 View PostMaaaan. You are fuckin good at this.
Finished off the seat today
Well, mostly. There's a panel to go across the front, it's cut and I was thinking of leaving it in the natural wood or maybe stained but I'm not sure, I tried it and it looked a bit odd, might look ok with other wood panels treated the same way in the van or I might do something else.
This is the storage area created under the seat
And with the seat folded flat, part of the platform for loading or a bed is created.
All needs a good clean, as working in a small space, it's picked up all the sawdust and the odd rogue spray of trimfix which will come off with WD40 and a rub with a cloth.
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Can you reverse the rear seat with the revised seat belt fixings? Also not all the rails run to the rear - was there a reason to keep the outer rails short?
A nice panel pocket in the slider and on the opposite offside panel would be useful. Any plans to utilise the rail fixings for a central console or tables? Lovely looking seats.
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Originally posted by Activ8 View PostCan you reverse the rear seat with the revised seat belt fixings? Also not all the rails run to the rear - was there a reason to keep the outer rails short?
A nice panel pocket in the slider and on the opposite offside panel would be useful. Any plans to utilise the rail fixings for a central console or tables? Lovely looking seats.
There will be cupboards of a sort along the side, not a lot alongside the O/S seat, that area will locate the leisure battery, planar heater, inverter charger, amps, one speaker, and arm rest and a cubby hole. Behind the seats on both side will be larger storage areas that extend further into the van - this is the reason the seats have not been installed to slide fully to the rear of the van.
As you need a fixed table for camper van status, yes I will make a table that locates into the rails.
One thing I overlooked in the planning, that new seat belt anchorage - the plan was to have the storage areas flush with the sides of the seats, as it is the anchorage and bolt stick out too far (and are unsightly).I may have to move the anchorage in or relocate it to the back panel of the seats. I think there is enough gap to fit the anchorage end of the belt down between the wooden ply facing and the frame with a possible bit of trimming to the ply.Last edited by regcheeseman; 23 December 2019, 11:27 PM.
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Originally posted by d-9 View PostThe storage under those seats is handy, I keep a bunch of shopping bags on one side and a tow strap, seat cover and hivis under the other.
I had general camping stuff in the drawer under my bed in the old set up - mini camping stove, blankets, candles, rope, curtains, watrerproofs - probably be more of the same under the new seats, but there is more space now.
2 Shopping bags live in the drivers door pocket, anywhere else and I always forget them and there's no way I'll pay 5p for a carrier bag.
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With Friday afternoon off and a recent post elsewhere, I thought I'd better get on with fitting my planar heater.
First thing was to take out the seats and gain access to the top of the diesel tank
The cover is under the round section of acoustic matting, with the cover removed you gain access to the sender/pick up unit
Tapping the screw top around and you can withdraw the unit and leave it to drain
whilst I work out what to do with the pick up tube, turns out I cut it down to 260mm
Drill and tap the cover, screw in the pick up tube and then bond it in place with some JB weld
re-fit the sender unit, fit the pipes and check the van starts and stays running
run the pipe down behind the tank, and run it through chassis rails via some grommets that I fitted to existing holes, I also slit a section of pipe so I could fit it over the pipe with some tape to stop the chassis rail from chaffing the pipe
An existing hole in the chassis was drilled just over 9mm and a 6mm rivnut fitted
Which meant I could bolt up the pump in the inclined position required
A new hole was drilled at 4mm and tapped out to 5mm
and a small clip bolted in place
Then I could fit the filter, add some more pipe and change the washer on the pump mount for a larger one
Took about 3 hours in total, including refitting the seats and messing about, trying different things until I got a fitment that I was happy with. I may change the filter for a cheap disposable as the one in the kit is made from a brittle plastic and may break easily, doesn't look like it would filter much either.
Next up - fuel supply sorted, now fitting the heater unit inside the van.
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Looks good mate, is the filter installed between tank and pump?.
I had the filter between pump and heater and for some reason the fuel supply where interrupted, now i got the filter on the tank and no problem sense.
If i had red the instructions ............
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Originally posted by Hans View PostLooks good mate, is the filter installed between tank and pump?.
I had the filter between pump and heater and for some reason the fuel supply where interrupted, now i got the filter on the tank and no problem sense.
If i had red the instructions ............
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Originally posted by S49 View PostThat's a nice install mate. JB Weld? I'm surprised that hasn't been got at by the dolphin huggers.
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second part of the install....
work out roughly where the unit can fit
That section of floor is separate for good reason - I can lift it up without disturbing the rest of the floor and rails.
And the floor cleaned up so I can use the supplied mounting plate as a template to mark up the floor, before drilling and using a 30mm hole saw
Then I used a mix of CT1, and some RTV silicone to bond down and seal the plate to the floor, cut a section out of the wooden floor section and refitted it.
The wire coming up through the floor is the pump wires that run through a grommet.
I placed the heater in place and got under the van to bolt it down and finish the plumbing
The exhaust I planned to fit inside the vans exhaust heat shield and run forwards but it was much tidier mounted rearwards
I'd used the same hole saw to cut through the heat shield, fitted the exhaust tube with some exhaust assembly paste, not happy with the fuel pipe's proximity to the exhaust. Now to fit the intake pipe, which then ran forward on the top of the heat shield and was simply cable tied in place
Then to just cobble it onto a battery, hastily rejoin the fuel pump pipes and hope the heater primes up and still works
Which it does but there is a slight leak at the pump fitting, I replace the pipe and the clamp but it is still leaking - I thing the fitting may be cracked on the pump so it'll have to be removed again - at which point I'll move that filter ahead of the pump.
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