Jim

After being away from the van build for ten days, I’m back at it and have received lots of material to work with. One item I received was the custom cargo net for the storage area above the electrical cabinet. So, I hung that up to check it out. I plan to store larger items […]

I didn’t have a lot of time today, but then again there wasn’t a lot to work on. I started mid-afternoon by sealing around the AC unit on the roof of the van. Not sure that this will prevent the leak, but it was an easy thing to do and it may work. I’m keeping

My focus today was to finish the upper bunk assembly. Unfortunately, that meant taking a step backwards for two steps forward. Yesterday, I had realized that forgot to add an eye bolt to one of the aluminum extrusions. I also had used too many fasteners in the assembly, which left me with too few to

I’m back from a week away and had a ton of material delivered. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a lot of time today, but managed about 3 1/2 hours. I started out with a simple task of securing the eye bolts in the ceiling unistrut that will hold the upper bunk. I had received the square

After a couple of days off from the van build, I worked a full day today. I started by securing all the wood panels for the shelves above the electrical cabinet. That meant that I had to disassemble most of it to put in the hardware that I needed to fasten the panels to the

There wasn’t a lot to do today because of the lack of material, but I did put in a little less than three hours on the shelving above the electronics cabinet. I cut out the six pieces of wood that will make up these shelves – two are the shelves themselves and four are the

Every day, I’m only able to work on the stuff that I have parts for. Reminds me of when I was a manufacturing manager. I have lots of stuff on order, but just waiting for it to be delivered. This morning, I made a wall panel for the end of the electrical cabinet nearest the

I started the day by installing the faucet in the sink, and then installed the drain. This really didn’t take too long and was very simple. I had two different drains and I tried them both and selected the one that I thought would work better. From my discussions with Pat yesterday, I knew better

It was a day of frustration in the van build, but at least it was a short day! While doing my morning meditation, the thought popped in my head that I had forgot to install the condensate drain in the bottom of the refrigerator yesterday before I installed it in the galley. So, the morning

I made a lot of good progress today, at least it was very noticable in the pictures. It was a cool morning, so I took my friend Pat’s advice and tested the heater for the van. It took a few minutes for the gasoline to get to the heater, but after that the heat was