Already in the process of striping out the box for a RV conversion. Also already converted the cartridge oil filter to spin on. Long ways to go to my end product, and I would like to share my build ideas in hopes of getting possible insights to better products/ideas.
Starters for the build after I get the gutting out done are to repurpose/replace parts of the fold out junk, pulling it in a bit, and making it permanent to the outer wall (legit slide out). Biggest obstacle to that is figuring out how to maintain most/all weight bearing since normally the slide out bars are flush with the floor. Any thoughts on that? Some angle on the outer wall should help a bit (need to do some measurements to see if it’s feasible), but there is a few feet of length of a gap between slide out arms and the floor.
After that is insulation, and I’m going with stuff called AeroGel. It’s about 2-3 times R rating to foam board, ultra thin, and pretty costly. After that a solar setup in the 2-4kw range (2kw center section, and 1kw each slide) so that will be an interesting mounting setup that will require microconverters to help maintain efficiency while slides are in. I have already made a smaller solar setup on a camper van I have so other then the mounting fabrication I have no worries building that up.
My big questions right now as I’m hashing stuff out are:
1: Has anyone added another fuel tank to their rigs? I got a 81 gal. tank on it already, but want to double that at the min. Could put it pretty much same spot on the right side of the truck, and run a cross over tube for easiest install.
2: Has anyone actually done a tranny swap? I see a few posts with that question, but usually for a standard. I want to keep it automatic, and should be able to adapt fairly easy to a newer style Allison?
3: Has anyone replaces the muffler with an easier one like off of a semi? If so what brand/style? Seems more reliable, quieter, and cheaper then a military setup from what I have been looking at.
That is all I got on my mind for right now, not lots of pics yet other then innards getting yanked out as I try to keep a nice history of Truck album. Thanks for any helpful thoughts.
Starters for the build after I get the gutting out done are to repurpose/replace parts of the fold out junk, pulling it in a bit, and making it permanent to the outer wall (legit slide out). Biggest obstacle to that is figuring out how to maintain most/all weight bearing since normally the slide out bars are flush with the floor. Any thoughts on that? Some angle on the outer wall should help a bit (need to do some measurements to see if it’s feasible), but there is a few feet of length of a gap between slide out arms and the floor.
After that is insulation, and I’m going with stuff called AeroGel. It’s about 2-3 times R rating to foam board, ultra thin, and pretty costly. After that a solar setup in the 2-4kw range (2kw center section, and 1kw each slide) so that will be an interesting mounting setup that will require microconverters to help maintain efficiency while slides are in. I have already made a smaller solar setup on a camper van I have so other then the mounting fabrication I have no worries building that up.
My big questions right now as I’m hashing stuff out are:
1: Has anyone added another fuel tank to their rigs? I got a 81 gal. tank on it already, but want to double that at the min. Could put it pretty much same spot on the right side of the truck, and run a cross over tube for easiest install.
2: Has anyone actually done a tranny swap? I see a few posts with that question, but usually for a standard. I want to keep it automatic, and should be able to adapt fairly easy to a newer style Allison?
3: Has anyone replaces the muffler with an easier one like off of a semi? If so what brand/style? Seems more reliable, quieter, and cheaper then a military setup from what I have been looking at.
That is all I got on my mind for right now, not lots of pics yet other then innards getting yanked out as I try to keep a nice history of Truck album. Thanks for any helpful thoughts.
