Shower-In-A-Drawer – Part Four
Watch all my videos on YouTube! The inside and outside of the shower drawer are getting three coats of polyurethane, the top of the box is finished off with a Maple edge. And when the cabinets are built, I have a novel solution for the shower head.
Shower-In-A-Drawer – Part Three
Watch all my videos on YouTube! I’m creating an access point to the drain, shorten the drain so it fits in the drawer cabinet and install a drain connector. The latter connects to a water hose that drains outside or it can be connected to a drain line under the cabinets, that drains into the…
Shower-In-A-Drawer – Part Two
Watch all my videos on YouTube! The shower pan fits inside a bottom drawer of one of the cabinets in the RV. This week I put the box together and cut the shower pan to size.
2015-17 Ford Transit Van Safety Recall
Ford is issuing a safety recall for approximately 400,000 2015-17 Ford Transit van/bus vehicles with medium, long and extended wheelbases and chassis cab/cutaways with medium wheelbases to replace the driveshaft flexible coupling. In the affected vehicles, continuing to operate a vehicle with a cracked flexible coupling may cause separation of the driveshaft, resulting in a…
Shower-In-A-Drawer
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Build Update
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Ford Transit Oil Change
Watch all my videos on YouTube! Changing oil in a Ford Transit is a 10-minute chore, when you are properly prepared.While oil changing procedures are generally the same from vehicle to vehicle, this series of steps was specifically done on my 2016 Transit LWB MR 3.7L-V6.* Preparation Park the van on a flat service. Raise…
Side Airbag Cover
With the first parts of the Murphy Bed installed, it was time to get the side airbag covered again. Ford recommends against modifying this black polystyrene blob that hides the side airbag. Getting the bed efficiently placed as far forward as possible, made me decide to cut off the topmost left part, so it would…
Design Changes
The design for the van conversion keeps evolving, while it is under construction. The Murphy Bed/Desk is slowly taking shape, but many of its intricate details face constant scrutiny. When work on the bed frame started, I had to make sure, that the adjoining closet would fit well in the overall design. Two issues reappeared:…
Murphy Bed Frame II
Watch all my videos on YouTube! The Murphy Bed frame is made out of ½ inch plywood to adhere to weight limitations of the van. The lower part of the side boards, where most of the weight of the bed is located, will be tripled up. I start with a board ~70in high and ~13in…
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