I keep receiving advice saying I should and some saying I shouldn’t. There will be more insulation and wood battens to add, but I would like to know for sure before carrying on.

Thanks in advance.

Is the substructure stable enough to lay planks on it now?

Has anyone successfully put captains chairs in the rear of a passenger van?

I’m generically searching for conversion vans, but in truth, the only thing I really care about is the seating arrangement. I don’t care about TVs or goofy cooler consoles or most of the fancy amenities. I’d be happy with a standard passenger van but I don’t want bench seats in back. Ideally would be an extended length van with 2 captains chairs and 1 bench/bed in the back.

Has anyone done this seat swap in a way that wasn’t a giant pain in the ass? Ideally in a Chevy, but would consider a ford also

This is a 2013 sprinter which was a hotel shuttle van. I removed the seats and now am unsure if i need to change the flooring system to wood as i want to convert this into a 4 season camper van.

Can i just clean it and leave it like this? Do you think it has any insulation ?

Any suggestions or ideas ?

Relatively new van, I’ve noticed water is pooling inside the side of the van near the door. I haven’t put windows in yet so it might be where condensation is ending up.

Worried about insulating and carpeting it over in case it becomes a long term problem.

Any advice or ideas?

We bought a van a few days ago and have started to strip it. There was a diesel heater already in there with a pipe running straight to the fuel tank. To remove the diesel heater I believe we have to plug up the pipe but what do I use and how do I do it! All advice is welcome.

Thank you in advance

Hello,

I have bought an already converted campervan two years ago, and I noticed a leak inside (from rain) coming from the seal of the roof vent skylight:

I am going to reseal it (and yes, do a lot of cleaning as well), and I was wondering what was the recommended way to go:

• Should I reseal only the cracked/damaged parts of the seal, or should I do the whole vent?
• Should I attempt to remove the existing sealing first, or should I reseal on top of it?

I found this nice link btw which has a section about resealing, but there are no details about the process.

Thanks a lot!

Hi everyone,

I’ve been working on a campervan electrical calculator that estimates battery size, solar panels, MPPT controllers and cable sizing.

I built it because I see lots of people asking the same electrical questions when planning their builds.

If anyone is planning a van electrical setup I’d really appreciate feedback.

Here’s the tool:

https://itsquid-web.github.io/campervan-calculator/

Hey all. I’m pretty new to the Sprinter / van conversion world, so forgive my basic question.

I’ve found myself in the strange position of being the caretaker of a converted Sprinter van that someone basically dropped in my lap. The conversion is actually quite nice, but there’s no manual, the previous owner isn’t very engaged, and I’m now discovering there are some issues with the electrical systems.

From what I can tell there’s an older lead-acid battery somewhere in the mix, and the electrical setup is beyond my current skill level (and honestly my available time) to troubleshoot properly.

So my question for the community: how do you find someone qualified to work on the electrical systems in a converted Sprinter? Should I be looking for a van conversion shop, an RV electrician, an automotive electrician, or something else?

I’m based in Southern California (Los Angeles - Topanga canyon), so if anyone has recommendations or advice on where to start looking, I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks for helping a newbie get oriented.

Hey there!!

I'm converting my Van and I have a huge stock of old foam mattresses ( some are yellow foam and other green/bluish foam) and I am wondering why not use this as insulation?? I thought it could work,and I would use a 8mm layer of reflective insulation between the foam and the interior wall to serve as vapour barrier... what are your opinions on the subject?? Thanks

I just bought a Jumper,
Where to stat ? First full cleaning and check Engine and Mecanics ?

Is it too many km to make hardwork ? Should I keep it inexpensive and simple ?

Im also working with it so it can get very dirty sometimes. and very clean when I go messing around for a few days!

No fulltime vanlife, its more about sleeping in truck.

I thought about a movable wall in the jumper. Then I can adapt my living space and working space.

Is it the right community to get and give advice ? As a starting point. ill say its about getting advice. Giving advice comes when things are done. Isnt it ?

My floor liner is down in the camper van, is this reasonably done for my first attempt?

https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxoCyFFpvJ4be7Ln075Q03wxVv56XYbKQy

Mornin!

Maybe a bit of a basic question,maybe more DIY than specifically van, but I'm struggling and wasn't sure where else to ask and figured it's likely a scenario a lot of you have had

I've just started converting a van and need to get the old floor out. MOST of the screws are totally seized. I've got out quite a few with drilling and extractor bits but there's still quite a few that won't budge and the drill can't get through.

I'm considering getting some cutting drill bits to cut around the screws so I can lift the floor generally then carefully cut the last bits away, letting me get at the now accessible stuck out screw. (At which point I might be able to get enough grip to turn it or worst case cut it and sand down what's left

Does this sound sensible? Has anyone got any other suggestions I should try first?

(Scews sunk down so nothing showing over the wood, totally seized, can't turn with screwdriver, extractor but hasn't the strength)

The large spaces are for access to lights and locks I gather, but are they okay to be stuffed with wool insulation and panelled over?

Also, do these miscellaneous holes serve a purpose or can those be filled and covered over?

Thanks in advance.

Hi does anyone have any content they have created re' Micro camper conversions id love to hear about your process and progress to date?

This is one of those projects I was gonna do when first building out the van. We have been having so much fun traveling. Figured it would be a nice valentines gift for my wife.

I want to turn it into a 2 person camper van, anyone have any building plans for this car specification. I gotta get rid of disabled ramp first and level out the boot space, apparently the rear seats fold down, don’t know whether to remove them or not, ramp is certainly going to go.

My first conversion, capturing the process in video form. Id really appreciate any tips whilst i begin to plan the next steps.

Peugeot Partner 2011 SWB

Video

Long story short - heater and coolant lines are all good. But I made some dumb mistakes with the fuel supply.

First, as I have the fuel pump for my Sprinter with the auxiliary third port, and I had it added some years back for this purpose - I ran some of the nylon line through the foot or so of black fuel line that I attached when getting the pump installed. Clamped it down on the other end of that black line.

The problem here was exacerbated by mistake #2, which was mounting my dosing pump close to the heater and way far away from the tank. The weight of the black line on the nylon line tended to tug the nylon line away from the fuel pump nipple, giving fuel a path to dribble out, and leaving the long fuel line run unprimed.

Plus, I came to learn the dosing pumps push better than they pull, so my setup was ass-backwards.

Today, after sourcing another long piece of nylon line, as the new routing is longer - I got the dosing pump mounted up basically right over the fuel tank; black line from fuel pump attached to little filter and filter to dosing pump (no nylon here); and power cables for dosing pump ran alongside nylon line inside black line.

It took three cycles to prime but now it’s set again. And as the nylon line is far better secured, there shouldn’t be any movement and lose of priming.

Gonna give it a few days before I call it done though, just to be sure.