New van project

[catfood12]

So I've done a bit more today, its a bit messy but its just planning at moment. Think im going to get the battery, noco charger and sterling charger under the drivers seat along with the oem parts and then on the passenger side will be the 12v fusebox and RCD box.
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Cleaned the front ready to sound deaden
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I do have a bit of query though what they have done to the oem wiring before i got it.
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I think they have taken a feed from passenger side with a relay which goes over to the sterling charger and i also think they have tapped into an earth on the BCM. Not sure why they have taped up a power wire on passenger side.

The long black thing is a fuse carrier, which feeds towbar ecu amongst other things. Looks like they've taken the main feed, the thick 10AWG, out of that fuse carrier and taped it up with insulating tape, then used and OEM cable clip in foam at the end. The PVU conduit isn't stock, neither is that relay with the blue cable and individual fuse. Does that go anywhere? I did see similar PVC conduit and single cables on an ex-police vehicle, that had strobe modules in the rear light clusters many years ago. I guess yours is part of the previous owner's fit out.

 

[SamD]

The long black thing is a fuse carrier, which feeds towbar ecu amongst other things. Looks like they've taken the main feed, the thick 10AWG, out of that fuse carrier and taped it up with insulating tape, then used and OEM cable clip in foam at the end. The PVU conduit isn't stock, neither is that relay with the blue cable and individual fuse. Does that go anywhere? I did see similar PVC conduit and single cables on an ex-police vehicle, that had strobe modules in the rear light clusters many years ago. I guess yours is part of the previous owner's fit out.

Yeah i figured out that they are using the blue cable to turn the dashcam on and off & they used it to turn the Stirling battery charger on as well.
Just wasnt sure why they had cut the big red power cable and were using a relay for the dashcam.

 

[SamD]

Done a little more today, no where near as much as i wanted but im just taking my time!


Drilled a hole in the roof to get the cable for the light up there.

 

[SamD]

Todays work has been tidying up the wiring and trying to fit it all under the seats

 

[SamD]

Oooohhhh fancy!

 

[SamD]

Out with the blue and in with the black

 

[SamD]

Fitted some more of the insulation today





also cut off and toffee wheeled the silicone left by previous floor

 

[SamD]

Not really done much recently as either been away, running and had no garage space. So i started off clearing the garage



Well the van fits but only just lol



then onto the work, the under seat wiring was a mess and i needed to do the heater wiring and set up the charger


All back together and the heater works as well, went for a planar 2KW,

 

[SamD]

Then i fitted myself a boot release which was a quick mod



sorted out some of the insulation

 

[DaveD]

Not really done much recently as either been away, running and had no garage space. So i started off clearing the garage


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Well the van fits but only just lol

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then onto the work, the under seat wiring was a mess and i needed to do the heater wiring and set up the charger

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All back together and the heater works as well, went for a planar 2KW,

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Stop being a tease.
Show us the Capri!

 

[SamD]

Stop being a tease.
Show us the Capri!

There is a picture on page 2 but here are some more:

 

[DaveD]

There is a picture on page 2 but here are some more:
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Just stunning.
That's very special!

 

[SamD]

Done some more this evening with the help of my brother!





Still got the endcap to put on the awning rail and to neatly apply some sealant!

 

[SamD]

Tonights work, its not as dark as in the pictures:








and i also put this on

 

[BuilderJay]

Loving this thread. I had great pleasure doing my last T5 up over the 13 years I had it. Know the joy you get of doing it!

 

[SamD]

Loving this thread. I had great pleasure doing my last T5 up over the 13 years I had it. Know the joy you get of doing it!

Cheers, i do love doing it, its great seeing the changes in it.

 

[SamD]

Bit of a cock up today, wanted to fit the vinyl to the floor. Rolled out the vinyl and this is what i had:

Well thats not right, i should have ordered 3m but i ordered 3m2 by accident.
i managed to do the wheel arches instead but i was just too annoyed to do anything else.

 

[BuilderJay]

Bugger! Every day is a school day

 

[SamD]

Well we have had a couple of busy days:






Window is a bit messy, waiting on the trim and the vanshades to arrive:

 

[SamD]

Onto the passenger side:





Had to put a join in the middle bit, not perfect but its alright